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Show 556 ON THE BIRDS OF THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. [June 19, 16. PTILOPUS JOHANNIS, sp. nov. Clare psittaceo-viridis, maculis scapularium paucis obscure cceruleis; fascia pectoris semilunari lata, ventre imo et crisso latissime flavis pileo et ventre medio pulcherrime lilacinis; remigibus et rectricibus subtus dilute plumbeis, harum vitta apicali dilutiore, fere ; rostro nigro, pedibus obscure rubris : long, tota 7*5, 4*7, caudce 2*5. Fem. viridis, fere unicolor, ventre medio et crisso flavis. Hab. Ins. Admiralitatis. Obs. Species affinis Pt. bello et Pt, specioso, sed colore pilei et ventris lilacino distincta. Of this splendid little Fruit-Pigeon, which I have great pleasure in naming after Mr. John Murray, three males (459, 460, 461) and one female (462) were "shot on Wild and D'Entrecasteaux Islands." " Eyes of males light yellow, of females white; feet light red or pink colour ; tip of bill light green."-J. M. 17. MEGAPODIUS RUBRIFRONS, sp. nov. Supra olivaceo-brunneus, dorso superiore et corpore subtus nigri-canti- plumbeis; ventre imo obscuriore; capitis plumis brevibus, rigidiusculis, fusco-nigris, in genis et gutture parce sparsis et rubram ostendentibus ; pilei parte anteriore fere omnino denu-data rubra; rostro flavo, ad basin nigricante ; pedibus (in pelle) fere nigris : long, tota 110, alee 8*5, caudee 30, tarsi 2*4, rostri a rictu 1*4. Hab. Ins. Admiralitatis. Obs. Species fronte denudata rubra insignis, 31. eremitce (Hartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 830) affinis, sed pedibus obscuris. There is a single skin of this species, " no. 472, male : eyes brown, bill yellowish, feet and legs dark horn-colour : stomach contained straw-material."-J. M. There is a second specimen in spirits. Both were shot 'on Pigeon Island. 18. PORPHYRIO INDICUS, Horsf.; Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 92. A single " male" specimen (no. 473) apparently of this wide-ranging species was " shot on Pigeon Island by Mr. Buchanan, who says it was sitting on a tree. Stomach had seeds : eyes red ; bill red ; legs dull red."-J. M. 19. ESACUS MAGNIROSTRIS (Temm.); Gould, B. Austr. vol. vi. pl. vi. One specimen (no. 477, female), "shot on Pigeon Island: eyes yellow ; bill black -. stomach had shells : legs and base of the bill yellow." 20. CHARADRIUS MONGOLICUS, Pallas; Harting, Ibis, 1870, p. 384. One example (no. 504), "female: eyes black; bill, legs, and feet black."-/. M. |