( 38'J ) 



white ; niiderside whitp wiMi iml vrry many small blackish sjiofs. Wiiij; "iTiO mm. 

 Althonifh (if a very ])nli" rrilmir, this liinl doi's not seem -ieparahle IVom ii. tl'iiiinvn 



tf/picil. 



Til. Astur torquatus (Tenim.). 



(i ad. Wing '~!lii nun. liruad nd'niis follur, intermi.xed willi simie lirownisii 

 urey feathers on the hind-neck. "Iris })ale orauge-ochre ; feet oclireons ; cere 

 greenisli yellow; maxilln lihu'k, lati'rnJly slaty hlne id, base; mandible sla(e-bbii> 

 with brownish tip."" 



52. Cerchneis moluccensis occidentalis Jfey. >l Wigl. 



Two fi'malc.'i, both very typical ocrulcutali.-'. -'Iris dark bi'own ; beak slaty 

 bhio, tip blackish ; ceres and eyeUds ycdlow ; feet oclireuns, idaws black."" 



."i3. Osmotrerou teysmanui Schleg. 



Scddegel deserilied an adnit specimen, evidently a hxth', (if this bird in ^,ol(^.'i 

 Li'i/dcn Miiti. I. p. 103. A detailed description is given in Cat. 11. liiii. .Mus. XX!. 

 p. 50. Uoherty sent one /c/ihi/c only. The jiale yellow face characterises it very well. 

 The mantle is dark greeu ; rnmji and npper tail-coverts yellow-green ; the shoulders 

 greyish towards the edge. Otherwise the specimen agrees with the description of 

 the type, which was evidently a ///aii: Wing 159 mm. "Iris pale slaty grey; 

 beak pale yellowisli, base olive-green ; feet piiddsh purple, soles yellowish." 



*54. Ptilinopus dohertyi lidthsch. 



(Date XII.) 



This most beantifnl pigeon has been well described by Mr. Kotliscliild in 

 JJi/ll. B. n. C, V. p. 4(i, and is figured on Plate XII. Only (me adult iixih' was 

 procured in tlie state of Jl7//«a/H^ The inner jjrimaries of this species are nn the 

 tip as broad as in the middle, the outer widi is cut off (piite straiglitly, while tin! 

 inner web is deeply sinnated. The first jirimary is not abru]itly attenuated on 

 the apical portimi. It seems, therefdre, not tii lit in any of the seetii.ns of tlie genus 

 Ptiliiio/iiis, nnidf bv Suhadori im [i. To nf his calaldgue. 



55. Ptilinopus melanocephalus (Forst.). 



• finite a. series from Sumba. Tip df beak and eyelids Li-nmboge-yellow. -'Iris 

 ]iale yelldw : feet magenta.."" 



5(1. Carpophaga aenea (L.). 

 Two /J'w^A'.v IVom Snndia, resembling those from Sambawa. 



57. Turtur tigrinus (Temm.). 

 Twd specimens IVdUi Sninba do nut dill'er from typical 7". //<//•//(".-'. 



