1854.] 229 



5. Carpophaga cineracea, (Temm.) PI. col. 563. 



Columba cineracea, Temm. PI. col. iv. p. (liv. 9/5). 



No frontal knob, under tail coverts light tawny, tail uniform ashy black. 



Head above and entire upper parts cinereous brown, under parts vinaceous, 

 darker on the breast and lighter on the abdomen and ventral region. 



Perhaps not of this genus. Two spec, in coll. Acad, from Timor. 



9. Carpophaga badia, (Raffles,) Temm. PI. col. 165, Knip and Prev. Pig. iii. 

 pi. 37. 



Columba badia, Raff. Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 317, (1822). 



Columba capistrata, Temm. Pi. col. iv. p. (liv. 28, about 1821). 



Ducula insignis, Hodgson, As. Res. xix. p. 162 (1836). 



Carpophaga cuprea. Jerdon, Madr. Jour. 1840 p. 12 



No fronal knob, under tail coverts light tawny, tail ashy black, widely tipped 

 with (or with its terminal one fourth) light cinereous. Head above pale cine- 

 reous, throat white, neck behind and under parts light vinaceous. Back, rump, 

 and wing coverts dark ashy brown, in many specimens tinged with rufous ches- 

 nut (or bay). Under wing coverts dark cinereous. 



Five specimens in Coll. Acad, from India. 



7. Carpophaga lacernulata, (Temm.) PI. col. 164. 

 Columba lacernulata. Temm. PI. col. iv. p. (liv. 2S). 



No frontal knob, under tailcoverts dark chesnut, tail ashy black, widely tipped 

 with light cinereous (or with its terminal one fourth, light ashy). Head above 

 cinereous, throat rufous, under parts light vinaceous. Upper parts dark ashy 

 brown, with a faint green lustre. 



Allied to the species immediately preceding. Two spec, in Coll. Acad, from 

 Java. 



8. Carpophaga oceanica, (Lesson), Voy. Coqui!le,pl. 41, Knip and Prev. iii 



pi. 24. 



Columba oceanica, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. i. p. 708 (1S26). 



Columba pacifica, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 777 (1788) ? 



With a frontal knob, lower part of the abdomen, tibiae, ventral region and un- 

 der tail coverts bright rufous. Throat white, head above, neck and breast cine- 

 leous, darker on the former. Upper parts of the body, wings and tail dark me- 

 tallic green, under wing coverts dark brownish cinereous. 



A distinct and well marked species. One spec, in Coll. Acad. 



9. Carpophaga globicera, Forst. Desc. An. p. 166, (1844). 



Male with a large frontal knob, under tail coverts chesnut, tail dark metallic 

 green. Head above and neck behind light ashy, nearly white at the base of the 

 bill. Entire under parts dark vinaceous, upper parts of the body, wins and 

 tail dark metallic green, under wing coverts brownish black. Female without 

 frontal knob, and with all the colors paler. 



Quite distinct from the preceding: ( C. oceanica), and from all other species 

 known to me. Well described by Forster as cited above. Of this remarkable 

 species two specimens are in the collection of the U. S. Exp. Exp., Vincennes 

 and Peacock. 



10. Carpophaga latrans, Peale, Zool. U. S. Ex. Exp. Vincennes, Birds p. 



206, (first edition, 1S48). 



No frontal knob, under tail coverts tawny, tail above dark glossy liver brown. 

 Head, neck, and entire under parts dark vinaceous, more clearly ashy on the 

 neck behind, upper parts of the body and wings dark ashy brown, under wing 

 coverts and inner edges of quills bright rufous. 



Of this fine species one specimen is in the collection of the Academy and is la- 

 belled as from New Guinea. Two specimens in the collection of the Ex. Exp. 

 are from the Feejee Islands. It apparently is allied to Columba Mayer i, Pre- 

 vost, (Pigeons iii. pi. 60). 



