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more white and the under tail-coverts sliglitly jialer. The brownish orange sjmt in 

 front of the shoulders is \ery much paler and occupies a hirger area. ? ad. " Iris 

 orange; orbital skin vivid yellowish green; liasal half of bill pale green, apical 

 half ivorv-white, with a faint green tinge; feet carmine; claws light grey." Wing 

 of mate 157 — 161 mm.; tail 95—98; tarsus 20 — 22; bill from hind-end of nostrils 

 to tip 16 — 17, height from angle of mandible 9. Female same dimensions. 



This form resembles 0. samjhireiisls — which; however, apjiears to me to l)e only 

 a subspecies of 0. ivallacei — in its powerful bill and its long wing, but it diflfers 

 from it in colour, as it does from 0. ivallacci typica. It has nothing to do with 

 0. f/rlseicwMla, as it has the black on the lateral tail-feathers as strongly de\eloped 

 as in (). xuallacei typica and sanghirensis, if not more so. 



The fenmle of 0. wallacei paUidior is chiefly remarkable for its paler mantle 

 washed with greyish. 



53. Ptilopus melanocephalus (Korst.). 



Both sexes from Saleyer, Djampea, and Kalao. Btittikofer (i.e. p. 287) has 

 already mentioned this form (under the name of P. iiislaiiauche/i, Salvad.) from 

 Saleyer. It is certainly highly remarkable that Saleyer, which is so close to Celebes, 

 has P. melanocephalus and not P. iiielaiiospilus from Olebes ! The latter is 

 without difficulty distinguished from P. 'melanocephnlns by its throat-spot and under 

 tail-coverts being orange and not lemon-yellow. This, and also P. chrysorrhous and 

 P. xanthorrhous, can be distinguished from P. melanocephalus and from each other, 

 though it i.s not always very easy, and they may after all be best considered sub- 

 species ; but, curiously enough, the most northern form, P. bangiieyeiisis Meyer, is 

 closest to the most southern form, P. iiielanocepjhidns, and there are some specimens 

 {males) which I cannot with certainty distinguish from typical P. melanocephalius, 

 though the black occipital spot is mostly (but not always !) tinged with puri)le. (See 

 on the subject Biittik., i.e. ; Salvad., Cat. B. XXI. pp. 142-6; Mey. & Wigl., Ahh. 

 wnd Ber. Mm. Dresd. 1896, No. 2, p. 19.) 



Salvador! himself has (Oat. B.) not sustained his P. melanaucheit, luit united 

 the birds from Java, Flores, Sumbawa, Sumba, and Lomliok under the name of 

 P. rnelanocephalus. BUttikofer's remark (i.e.) seems to strengthen Salvadori"s more 

 recent view, though perhaps .lavan specimens are, on the whole, a little jialer yellow 

 on the throat. The birds from Saleyer, Djampea, and Kalao do not differ from each 

 other, c? (Djampea). " Iris yellow, with orbital ring and bill briglit yellow-green ; 

 feet carmine ; claws dark brownish grey." Males: wing 118 — 119 mm.; feinales : 

 113 — 115 mm. 



54. Carpophaga rosacea (Temm.). 



Five specimens from Djampea. d . " Iris crimson-lake ; bill dark grey, clouded 

 with black; cere dull caimine ; feet dull dark carmine; claws dark grey." 



The rosy vinous colour of the head and breast and abdomen varies much. In 

 some specimens, I think those tliat liave worn their plumage longer, or perhaps in 

 less mature ones, it is almost entirely absent. This species is widely spread, reaching 

 from the Timor group to the Tenimber and Key Islands, to Halmahera and Celebes. 

 (Salvad., Cat. B. XXI. p. 199.) 



55. Carpophaga concinna Wall. 

 Several specimens from Djampea. They are [jerfectly similar to those from other 

 localities, the vinous tinge on the nape mostly very strong. 



