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the rest of the njiper snrface, whieli is slate-colonr with liirht srey borders to the 

 feathers. The rcctrices are deej) slat}--brovrn with very narrow pale brownish tij)S. 

 Sides of head, throat, chest, and breast bnff, almost pure white on the throat. The 

 buff colour of the breast merges into the vinaceons-cinnamou colour of the abdomen. 

 Under wing-coverts cinereous. Under tail-coverts light cinnamon with lighter, 

 somewhat rosy edges. Thighs whitish grey. Feet and iris red. Wing 229, 

 tail 170, exposed portion of culnien 10 mm. ? ad. Like the adult male, but 

 smaller: wing 213, tail 155 mm. Jin:. Above blackish slate-colour, lighter on 

 the neck. Underside pale cinnamon, under wing-coverts grey with pale cinnamon 

 tips, under tail-coverts cinnamon. 



A few adult and young specimens were shot at about 300U feet on Mount Mada, 

 in August 1898. 



59. Myristicivora melanura (G. R. Gray). 



Only this species of White Pigeon was procured by Wallace, Forbes, Doherty, 

 and Dumas, at Bara, Kayeli and on Mount Mada. 



6u. Carpophaga perspicillata (Temm.). 

 Common on Burn, where every collector met with it. Wallace, Forbes, and 

 Doherty procured sjiecimens at Kayeli, Doherty at Bara, on the north-west coast, 

 and Dumas on Mount Mada, at 3000 feet above the sea. The iris is dark brown, 

 cere dark purple, legs and feet purple. The sexes do not differ. A specimen 

 from December moults the remiges. This pigeon inhabits the Northern Bloluccas 

 (Halmahera and adjacent islands and Batjan) and Burn. 



01. Ptilinopus prasinorrhous (G. R. Gray). 

 A common bird on Burn, where it was shot at Kayeli and on Mount Mada, at 

 3000 feet. " Iris orange red "' (Dnmas). The distribution of P. prasinorrliOKS is 

 somewhat remarkable, namely, the Western Papuan Islands and some, but not all, 

 of the Moluccas. While inhabiting the islands in the Geelviuk Bay it is said to 

 be absent from New Guinea, and while being found as far north as 'Weeda and 

 Dammar (near Halmahera), it is not recorded from Halmahera and Batjan I 

 Specimens from the various jilaces do not seem to differ. 



02. Ptilinopus viridis (L.). 

 This oldest known form of the lotreron group of Green Pigeons is only known 

 from the Southern Moluccas : Amboiua, Ceram, Burn, and the adjacent little 

 islands. Doherty procured s])ecimens at Kayeli and Bara on the north-west coast 

 of Burn. The sexes do not differ at all. 



03. Megapodius forsteni Temm. 

 Kayeli and Mount Mada, SUUU feet. The adult male from Mount Mada is 

 darker than the female from the same place and a pair from Kayeli. Especially 

 the head and abdomen are very dark and the upper jiart of the mantle is very 

 pure grey. 



04. Strepsilas interpres (L.). 

 Frequenting the sea shores. 



