( 214 ■) 



44. Myristicivora spilorrhoa (Oray). 



One female seut. Eggs were fonud in imtubers early iu December. Tliey 

 measure 44 by 31-5, 47o by 33, A'i-^) by 31-0, 48-6 by 31'3 mm. 



4.J. Columba albigularis (Bp.). 

 One/emale. " Iris : inner circle liglit yellow, outer circle darker, feet red." 



40. Macropygia doreya cunctata subsj). nov. 



(See anted, p. t<3.) 



The loug-tailed pigeon from the Lonisiade group RosseJ (type), Sudest, aud 

 St. Aignan Islands seems nearest to M. doreya cinereiceps, but differs in its 

 distinctly barred breast and a longer wing, ranging in the adult male as far as 

 1 TO aud 1 76 mm. The feathers of the hind-neck are widely bordered with metallic 

 green, the forehead is greyish white, usually more or less stained with brown, the 

 crown is slaty grey, the under tail-coverts uniform bright rufous. 



Young birds have the crown brownish red, the hind-neck barred. 



Very common. 



Three skins. 



47. Chalcophaps chrysochlora Gould. 

 4,^. Caloenas nicobarica (L.). 



49. Megapodius macgillivrayi Gray. 



Two females from St. Aignan are a little paler on the back than the three from 

 Rossel Island mentioned on p. 83. 



•">||. Porphyrio smaragdinus Temm. 



One male, one fhnale, and one without a label. The female differs from the 

 male in having the fore-neck, chest and breast uniform purplish blue, while in 

 the male there is a large blue chest-patch in the middle of the purplish blue 

 surroundings. The patch of lesser upper wing-coverts is purjilish blue in the 

 female, light blue in the male. The l)irds being a fully adult pair, it seems to be 

 certain that these differences are sexual. Two eggs were found, belonging to this 

 pair, on August 21st, 1897. They are similar to those of other species of Porj>h>/rio, 

 resembling the eggs of Gallinula, but, of course, larger, though very small for the 

 size of the birds. They have a fairly strong shell, are very pale brown, marked 

 with patches and spots of rufous brown, and underlying ones of a kind of jturplish 

 grey or mauve. They measure 50 by 35 and 49'5 by 34-6 mm. 



51. Esacus magnirostris (Vieill.). 



Three skins. " Iris in both se.xes chrome yellow, feet greenish slate, bill 

 black." 



52. Haematopus longirostris Vieill. 

 Ona female. " Iris and bill light red, feet pink." 



