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38. Ptilinopus superbus (Temni.). 

 Two males and one female. •' Iris pale yellow, more reddish iu Van female." 



39. Ptilinopus strophium Gould. 



<? $ , April 1898. " Iris reddish yellow ; feet dark red : bill greenish slate- 

 colonr." 



411. Macropygia carteretia Bp. 



One immature mali'. The ideiititic.itioii seems to be quite correct, although 

 the habitat is strange. More material is, however, desirable to prove the fnll 

 identity of the Sndest Island form. 



41. Myristicivora spilorrhoa (<i. ii. Gray). 



cJ $ , April 1898. "Iris dark brown; feet bluish slate-colonr ; bill slary 

 green." Wing in both 240 mm. 



42. Sterna longipennis Nordm. 



Four skins. " Iris dark brown: feet brown (sienna lirown, reddish brown, 

 brownish black): bill black." 



(Is not the bill of southern birds larger than that of northern ones ?) 



