NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXI. 1914. 209 



9. Carpophaga rhodinolaema Scl. 



Carpopluiga rhodinolaema Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877. p. 555. (" Hab. Ins. Admiralitatis.") 



2 ? ad., Rook Island, 30. vii., 9. viii. 1913. (Nos. 5873, 5954, A. S. Meek 

 Coll.) 



" Iris dark red ; bill slaty blue ; feet bright purplish red." 

 C. rhodinolaema api)ears to be perfectly different from C. vaii-iojcki. The 

 two forms are, however, so much alike that one would expect them to be merely 

 geographical representative forms, and yet they ajipear to be found on the same 

 islands. 



In. Cai'pophaga rubricera (Bp.). 



Glohiccra rubricera Bonaparte, Coiiap. An. ii. p. .31. (1854 — New Iceland. Name e.x Gray, MS. 

 in Mus. Brit.) 



3 (?, 2 ? ad.. Rook Island, 17.-3(i. vii. 1913. (Nos. 5712, 5818, 581-9,5860, 

 5872, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



"Iris and knob at base of bill red, bill slate-blue with black tip, feet dark 

 purplish red." 



11. Carpophaga finschii Rams. 



CarpnphiKja Fiii.irlii, R imsay, Joiirn. Linn. S"C. London, Zool., xvi. p. 129. (1881 — Locality not 

 stated. Type from Irish Cove, New Ireland, teste Sharpe, Gould's B. New Guinea, pt. xvii. 

 (vol. V.).) ' 



(?? ad., Rook Island, 25. vii., 7. viii. 1913. (Nos. 5817, 5938, A. S. Meek 

 Coll.) 



" Iris red ; bill slate-black ; feet cherry-red." 



This very rare pigeon seems hitherto to be known only from two specimens : 

 the type, collected b}' Brown on New Ireland ; another example shot by Mrs. 

 Parkinson on the same island and brought home by Professor Dahl. The male 

 collected by Mr. Meek has the grey tail-band wider than the female. Whether 

 this is a constant difference between the sexes has to be found out. 



12. Ptilinopus rivolii rivolii (Pr^v. & Kuip.). 



Culuinha Rivolii Provost & Knip, Pigeons ii. pi. 57 (184:5 — No locality. Duke of York Island is 

 to be taken as the typical locality, this being the first known certain place of its occurrence). 



c? imm.. Rook Island, 21. vii. 1913. (No. 57(31, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris golden yellow ; bill greenish slate-colour ; feet dark purplish red." 



13. Ptilinopus solomonensis johannis Scl. 



Ptihipuxjohannis Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1877. ji. 556 (Admiralty Islands). 



4 c? ad. and semi-ad., (3 ? Rook Island, July and August 1913. (Nos. 5749, 

 5762, 5837, 5854, 5859, 5865, 5866, 5903, 5910, 5911, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



" Iris, <S ad. dull yellow, ? creamy white ; feet dull purplish red ; bill 

 pea-green." 



14. Accipiter etorques dampieri (Gurn.). 



Urospizias dampieri Gurney, Ibis 1882. p. 453 (New Britain). 



Astur dampieri Reichenow, "Yog. d. Bismarckinseln," in .Mitt. Zool. Samml. Nus. Berlin i. 3. 



p. 55. 

 Astur etorques dampieri Rothschild & Hartert, Now Zool. 1905. p. 251. 



2 S ad., Rook Island, 24. vii., 2, viii. 1913. (Nos. 5812, 5893, A. S. Meek Coll.) 



