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Show 996 REV. CANON TRISTRAM ON A NEW FRUIT-PIGEON. [Dec. 13. the Miillerian and Wolffian ducts unite, thus leaving a single duct on each side ; and these unite with one another and with the urethra at the same point to form the rudimentary urogenital chamber. It is thus interesting to observe that the course of the Miillerian ducts in the young of the Kangaroo is essentially the same as that in the adult Opossums. 0. Description of a new Fruit-pigeon of the Genus Carpophaga from the Louisiade Archipelago. By H. B. T R I S T R A M , F.R.S. [Eeceived December 9, 1881.] I have lately received from Lieut. G. E. Richards, R.N., a collection of birds made by him in the Solomon Islands, New Britain, and several neighbouring islands. The collection from New Britain and the Louisiade Archipelago consists of 62 species, 10 of which are represented in the collection both from Blanche Bay, New Britain, and from St. Aignan's Island, Louisiades. These are chiefly species which call for no remark, such as Lorius hypcenochrous, Esacus magnirostris, Charadrius fulvus, &c. But there is one fine Fruit-pigeon which appears to me quite new, and which is represented by three specimens, one male and two females, all from St. Aignan's, Louisiade group. This I propose to describe as CARPOPHAGA SALVADORII, sp. nov. C. capite, collo et thorace pallide vinaceis, annulo alBo constricto basin cujusque mandibula, pectore et dorso superiore late vinaceis, hoc colore sensim transeunte in castaneum quo abdomen et crissum tinguutur ; scapularibus resplendenti-nigris, figuram conspicuam tanquam y conjunctim formantibus; alis et dorso inferiore schistaceis; supracaudalibus et cauda nigris; hac fascia lata alba duospollices ante terminum instructa ; rostro cinereo ; tarsis, pedibus et iride rubris. Long. tot. 16*75, ala 10*3, cauda 6. Hab. St. Aignan's Island, Louisiade Archipelago. I have named this bird in compliment to Prof. Salvadori, to whom naturalists owe so much for his unwearied labours in elucidating the avifauna of Papuasia. C. salvadorii differs from C.pinon, to which it is closely allied, by its rosy-coloured head, while the head of its congener is ashen grey, by the richer maroon colour of its upper back, by its lower back and rump being black instead of slate-grey, and by the light maroon of its upper back becoming more intense as it descends, instead of being, as in C. pmon, vinous shading off into slate-grey. The white tail-band is also much wider. The sexes are identical in plumao-e. |