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Show 1879.] PROF. A. H. GARROD ON GELADA RUEPPELLI. 451 of this bird as differing from New-Guinea specimens in the markings of the wings and tail; but, judging from the series at the British Museum, I do not think that these are constant characters." 29. CARPOPHAGA VAN-WYCKI. Of this and the other Pigeons of Duke-of-York Island, Mr. Brown writes as follows :- " Of your new Carpophaga melanochroa I have only obtained one skin. C. vanwycki and C. rubricera are our commonest Pigeons, and can be got in any numbers. If you wish for any specimens I can easily get them, as we are shooting them every day. HJdirhinus insolitus is also very abundant; I have tried several times to rear some for transmission to you, but have not yet succeeded in keeping them for more than a few months. 35. AMAURORNIS MOLUCCANA (Wallace). Porzana moluccana, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 480. Gallinula ruficrissa, Gould, B. Aust. Suppl. pi. 79. Amaurornis moluccana, Salvadori, R. Accad. Sci. di Torino, vol. xiv. I have not been able to make a comparison ; but I suppose that the Duke-of-York bird is referable to this southern form of A. olivacea (Meyen) of the Philippines. 3. Notes on the Anatomy of Gelada rueppelli. By A. H. G A R R O D , F.R.S., Prosector to the Society. [Eeceived M a y 7, 1879.] (Plate XXXVIII.) Having had the opportunity of dissecting the adults of both the sexes of Gelada rueppelli, the female of which lived a short time in the Society's Gardens, where it died, I desire to record some points in the anatomy of the species which appear to be of interest. The following are measurements from the skins, except when otherwise indicated:- From margin of upper lip, over head and along back, to base of tail Same measurements from body with skin removed. Tail, without hairy tuft Tuft of tail From wrist to end of nail of middle digit of hand. From heel to end of nail of middle digit of foot.... From angle of axilla to end of nail of middle digit of hand • From mid-perineum to end of nail of middle digit of foot Nail of middle digit of hand along convexity .... Nail of middle digit of foot along convexity S adult. inches. 28-75 24*5 24*75 8 5 7 1625 9 11 101 ? adult. inches. 29-2 25 25 3-5 45 6-25 151 11 1*15 1*01 |