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36. Carpoplvaga zoece, Less. 



Columba zoece, Less., Voy. Coq. Zool. Atlas, pi. xxxix. (1826), vol. i. p. 705, part 2 (1828), 



Dorey (type examined). 

 Carpophaga zoece, Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen., vol. ix. p. 201, sp. 47 (1876); Proc. Zool. Soc., 



1878, p. 99. 



[No. 236. Wanuinbai. Male. Eyes white ; legs red ; beak black. Stomach con- 

 tained seeds. Shot at Wanumbai.J 



37. Macropygia doreya, Bp. 



Macropygia doreya, Bp., Consp., vol. ii. p. 57 (1854), New Guinea (type examined) ; Salvad., Ann. 



Civ. Gen., vol. ix. p. 204, sp. 65 (1876); Proc. ZooL Soc., 1878, p. 99. 

 Macropygia phasianella, part., G. R. Gr. (nee Temm.), Proc. Zool. Soc, 1858, p. 187, Arrou Islands 



only; Wall., Ibis, 1865, p. 389, sp. 81 (parfim). 



[No. 254. Wokan. Female.] 



38. Megapodius duperreyi, Less. & Garn. 



Megapodius duperreyi, Less, and Garn., BulL Sc. Nat, vol. viii. p. 113 (1826), Dorey (type ex- 

 amined) ; Less., Voy. Coq. Zool., vol. i. pp. 700, 703, part. 2, pi. xxxvi. (1826-28) ; Salvad., 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 100. 



Megapode reinwardt, Temm., PI. Col., liv. 37, genre Megapode (1823). 



Megapodius rubripes, Temm. PL Col. 411 (25th October 1826 J ), Celebes! Amboyna ! 



Megapodius reinwardtii (sic), Temm. apud Wagl., Syst. Av. Gen. Megapodius, note (1827), deser. 

 nulla. 



Megapodius reinwardtii, Wagl., Syst. Av. Gen. Megapodius, Additamenta, sp. 4 (1827). 



Megapodius rufipes, S. MiilL, Verh. Land, en Volkenk. pp. 23, 109 (1839-44), Utanata. 



Megapodius, sp., Wall. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., (2) vol. xx. pp. 473, 477 (1857), Ki, Arrou. 



[No. 230. Female. Eyes dull red ; legs orange ; bill horn-colour.] 

 A female (No. 230) from Wokan. 



39. Nmnenius nrojyygialis, Gould. 



Numenius uropygialis, Gould: Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 100, 

 [No. 258. Wanumbai. Male.] 



40. Tringoides kypoleucus, Linn. 



Tringoides hypoleucus, Salvad., Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 100. 



[No. 227. Dobbo. Female. Legs light green ; bill dark green ; eyes hazel. Stomach 

 contained insects.] 



1 I doubt whether this date, given by Crotch (Ibis, 1868, p. 500), for the publication of the 69th livraison of Tem- 

 minck's Planches Coloriees, is exact ; my doubts rise from the fact that Meijapodius rubripes is not mentioned by 

 Wagler in his Systema Avium, published in 1827. 



