Bill without frontal knob, ander tail coverts dark chesnut, tail uniform me- 

 tallic green. Head and entire under parts very light cinereous with a pale pur- 

 plish or rosaceus tinge, especially on the head above. Upper parts dark cinere* 

 <>us with a green metallic lustre. 



Nearly allied to C. cenea. One specimen in Coll. Acad, from Timor. 



3. Carpophaga rtjfinuchalis, nobis. 



No frontal knob, under tail coverts chesnut, tail uniform dark metallic green. 



About the size of C. anea, and C. rosacea. Bill moderate, rather slender, 

 without frontal protuberance, wing moderate, second quill longest, legs mode- 

 rate or rather Jong, the upper half of the tarsus feathered, toes rather long, pad- 

 ded and flattened on their under surfaces, hind toe with a row of bristles on 

 t?ach side of the central row of scales, claws strong curved. 



Neck behind with a wide transverse well defined band of glossy chesnut, suc- 

 ceeded by a narrow band of dark bluish cinereous. Head above light bluish 

 dnereoas. entire under parts light purplish cinereous (or vinaceous), nearh' 

 white on the throat and darker on the abdomen. Under coverts of the tail dark 

 rufous chesnut. Back, upper wing coverts, secondaries, rump, upper tail cov- 

 erts and tail above brilliant metallic green with golden and copper colored re- 

 jections. Primaries brownish black with a faint tinge of green. Inferior cov- 

 erts of the wings pale cinereous. Bill and feet light colored. 



Dimensions. Total length (of skin) about 14^ inches, wing 9, tail 5i inches, 



Hab. Unknown ; spec, in Mus. Acad. Philada. 



Obs. One specimen only of this bird is in the collection of the Academy, 

 and is from the Rivoli collection. It bears some resemblance to the species re- 

 garded by me a C. tenea, and in a measure resembles the figure given as the fe- 

 male of that bird in Knip and Prevosf's Pigeons, ii. pi. 4. It resembles also to 

 .some extent C. rosacea, (Temm). The large and well defined nuchal band dis- 

 tinguishes the present species from those mentioned and from all others that have 

 come under my notice. 



4. Carpophaga Pickerihgii, nobis. 



No frontal knob, under tail coverts light cinereons, tail above dark metallic 

 green. About the size of the preceding. Bill moderate, rather slender (with- 

 out frontal protuberance), wing moderate, second and third quills longest an<? 

 nearly eqwal, tail rather long, containing fourteen feathers, legs moderate, upper 

 half of the tarsus feathered, lower half presenting in front about three wide 

 transverse scales, claws strong, flattened laterally, curved. 



Under coverts of the tail light cinereous. Entire head and neck and under 

 parts light purplish cinereous, darker and with the purple most distinct on the 

 top of the head, the breast and abdomen, the cinereous mingling gradually with 

 the darker color of the back, which with the rump, wings and tail are dark 

 ashy brown with a green metallic lustre most brilliant on the tail. Under wing 

 coverts light cinereous, under surface of the tail light glaucous cinereous. Bih 5 

 (in dried skin) light ashy blue, feet light. 



Dimensions. Total length (of skin) about 152 inches, wing 9^, tail 9 inches. 



Hab. Mangsi, Sooloo Islands, spec, in coll. Ex. Exp. 



Obs. This Pigeon belongs to the same group as C cenea ; it differs in being 

 rather larger, in having the wings and tail longer, and in having the under tail 

 coverts light cinereous instead of dark chesnut. From C. lacervulata and C- 

 hadia it differs in having the tail uniform dark metallic green, with no terminal 

 bar as in those species. It also somewhat resembles C. cineracea? but differs in 

 having longer wings and in having the head above and neck behind light cine- 

 reous instead of dark cinereous. 



The only specimens of this species that we have seen are in the fine ornithologi- 

 cal collection made by the U. S. Exploring Expedition, (Vincennes and Pea- 

 cock) now in the National Museum, Washington city. 



1 dedicate this bird, as a slight testimony of respect, to Charles Pickering, 

 M. D., one of the Naturalists of the Exploring Expedition, who, in addition to the 

 materials for his valuable volumes, has, in his manuscript notes, now in my po- 

 session, made important contributions to Ornithology. 



