208 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXI. 1914. 



2. Megapodius duperreyi eremita Hartl. (?) 



Megapodius eremita Hartlaub, Proc. Znol. Soc. London, 1867, p. 830 (Eohiquier Islands, west-north- 

 west of the Admiralty group !). 



6 1^ ? ad., Rook Island, Jnly aud Angast 1913. (Nos. 5728, 5816, 5169, 5930, 

 5931, 5957, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Ii'i.s lirown ; bill yellow, brownish towards base ; feet dull, greenish yellow 

 and black." 



It has become customary to call the birds from the Bismarck Archipelago 

 M. eremita, bat it would be desirable to compare a series from the Echiquier Islands 

 before being absolntely sure about it. 



3. Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica (L.). 



C'olumba nicobarica Linnaeus, Syst. Nal. ed. x. 1, p. Iii4 (1758 — " Habitat in insula Nicombar." Ex 

 Albin'iii. pi. 47, 48). 



c? ad.. Rook Island, 31. vii. 1913. (No. 5885, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



4. Chalcophaps stephani Puch. & Jactj. 



Chalcophapx stephani Piiuher.iri \- Jacquiuot, V'ly. Piilr Slid, Zool. ni. p. 119 (18o3— West c la.t 

 of New Guinea). 



6 t?, 4 ?, Rook Island, Jnly 1913. (Nos. 5713, 5723, 5724, 5740, 5751, 5758, 

 5759, 5770, 5771, 580',', A. S. Meek Coll.) 



5. Phlegoenas margarithae (D'Alb. & Salvad.). 



C/ialcophaps margarithae D'Albertis & Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genora vii. p. 836 ("Nov." 187.'i. 

 S.E. New Guinea). 



?, Rook Island, 18. vii. 1913. (No. 5735, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 n. Reinwardtoenas browni (Scl). 



Macropj/f/ia hroioni Sclater, Proc. Zmil. Soc. London, 1877, p. 110 (" Duke of Yorlc Island "). 



2 tJ, Rook Island, 18. vii., 6 viii. 1913. (Nos. 6733, 5923, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 " Iris cadmium ; bill brown ; base blood-red." 



7. Macropygia amboinensis carteretia Bp. 



Macropygia carteretia Bonaparte, Con.ip. Av. ii. p. 67 (1854 — New Ireland). 



6 S ad., 2 ? ad., 1 ? juv. ; Rook Island, July 1913. (Nos. 5714, 5725, 5737, 

 5769, 5788, 5789, 5803, 5813, 5814, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris dull red, red ; bill brown ; feet red, brown-red." 



8. Macropygia rufa rufocastanea Rams. 



Macropygia rufo-caslanca Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wnlcs \v. p. 314 (1879 — Lango, 

 Guadalcanar). 



2 ? ad.. Rook Island, 18. vii. 1013. (Nos. 5726, 5734, A. S. Meek Coll.) 

 These two specimens are inseparable from topotypical rnfocastanca. The 

 occurrence is very interesting, as this species is not known to occur in the 

 Bismarck Archipelago. On New Britain, New Ireland, and Duke of York Islands 

 M. /liffrirosfri.s occars. 



