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 58. Phaps chalcoptera chalcoptera. 



Coliiiiibu rhalcojilerii Lathntn, Jmle.r Oniilli. vol. ii. p. ()04. ITStO : Xew South Wales. 



Bronze-winged Pigeon. 

 Matliews, Handlist No. 3" (pars). 

 Range: New Sontli Wales. 



i>0. Phaps chalcoptera consobrina snbsp. n. 



Nortliern Bronze-winged Pigeon. 



Mathews, Ilandliat No. 37 (pars). 



Differs from /'. c. clialcoptera in its smaller size and generally paler coloration. 

 Fnlly described and figured in my J3iir/s of Australia, vol. i. p. 14(3. jil. 35 (as 

 P. cimlcoptei-a). 



Wing : f? 18S— 101 ; S typ. 107—200 ; ? 175—182, ? typ. 180—107 mm. 



Type : North-West Australia (Parry's Creek), No. 143. 



Range : North-West Australia, Northern Territory, North Queensland. 



00. Phaps chalcoptera murchisoni subsp. n. 



Western Bronze-winged Pigeon. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 37 (pars). 



Differs from P. c. chalcoptera in its more sandy coloration above and being 

 more suffused with pink below. 



Type : West Australia (East Murchison), No. 3880. 

 Range : Mid-We.stralia. 



61. Phaps elegans elegans. 



Culiiiiihu eler/tiiiA Temminck & Knip, Pii/.fam. vol. ii. p. 5ii. pi. 22. ISll : Tasmania. 



Tasmanian Brush Bronze-winged Pigeon. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 38 (pars). 

 Range : Tasmania. 



02. Phaps elegans neglecta subsp. n. 



Brush Bronze-winged Pigeon. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 38 (pars). 



Differs from P. e. elegans in its slightly larger size and its paler coloration. 



Type : Long Bay, Sydney, New Sonth Wales, No. 0900. 



Itange : New South Wales, Victoria, Sonth Australia, West Australia. 



03. Phaps elegans aflSnis subsp. n. 



Pallid Brush Bronze-winged Pigeon. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 38 (pars). 



Differs from P. e. neglecta in its ranch paler coloration above and below, 

 especially on the mantle. 



Tyi)e : South Australia (Emu Well), No. 157. 

 Range : Interior South Australia. 



