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Show 1878.] BIRDS OF TERNATE, AMBOYNA, ETC. 89 L. melallicus was from Timor and Celebes ; but this seems to mistake, as the typical specimens in the Museum of Leyden, examined by me, are from Amboyna. In Celebes and in Timor lives another species of the genus Calornis, and not C. metallica. Specimens from the different localities do not differ specifically : those from Cape York are somewhat more purplish, but not always in the same way ; one from Goram, a small island near Amboyna (C. purpurascens, Gray), is exactly like some specimens from Cape York. Some specimens have the throat more purplish than others ; one from Mysol (C. gularis, Gray) cannot be separated from others from Halmahera and Cape York. 10. CARPOPHAGA CONCINNA, Wall. [Nos. 263-264. Males; 265, 266, 267. Females: eyes between orange and a coral-red ; the stomach in all contained fruit and seeds ; legs coral-red; bill black. There were a great many of these Nutmeg Pigeons shot, enough for lunch for the whole ward-room. They were very good eating.-/. Mi] 11. MYRISTICIVORA BICOLOR (Scop.). Myristicivora bicolor, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 276 (1877). [No. 278. Male : white Pigeon ; eyes brown ; stomach contained fruit; feet blue ; bill black.-J. Mi] This bird has the under tail coverts entirely white. In a recent paper of mine * I have shown that M. bicolor (Scop.), M. spilorrhoa (G. R. Gr.), and M. melanura, G. R. Gr., are perfectly distinct species, and that M. bicolor (Scop.) most likely is a migratory bird in the Moluccas, as it is in Celebes, and that, while in Celebes it is to be found together with M. luctuosa (Reinw.), in the Moluccas it lives together with M. melanura, Gray. 12. MACROPYGIA KEYENSIS, Salvad. Macropygia, sp., Wall. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) xx. p. 473 (partim), 1875, Ke Islands. Macropygia phasianella, part., G. R. Gr. (nee Temm.), P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 187, 196, Ke Islands; Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 389. sp. 81 (partim) ; Rosenb. Reis naar zuidoostereil. p. 81 (1867). Macropygia turtur, part., Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbce, pp. 110, 113, 114 (specimina Ins. Key), 1873. Macropygia keyensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 204. sp. 64 (1876). [No. 279. Male: eyes hazel; stomach contained seeds; legs red ; bill black.-J. Mi] I named this Ke-Islands species (I. s.c.) before seeing a fully adult bird, feeling quite confident, from Schlegel's description, that it was really distinct. I have recently seen the adult specimens contained in the Leyden Museum, and I am satisfied that the Ke- 1 " Osservazioni intorno aile speci del genere Myristicivora, Kcbb." (Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. pp. 265-277). |
