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race has been separated by me as Jl. r. (ji-iscothicta (see Nov. Zool. III. ji. 18). 

 According to Salvadori it is absent from Jobi, Mefoor ami Miosuom, but Doherty 

 sent lis some Jobi skins which seem not to differ from the New Guinea ones 

 {griseotitKta), and [further researches may perhaps also turn it up on the other 

 islands. The birds from Misori Ishiud, in the Geelvink Bay are separated as a 

 subspecies minor by Schlegel, and elevated to specific rank by Salvadori. They are 

 much purer white below and smaller. Excejjt in their smaller size they do not 

 seem to differ from albida. Wing about 210 mm.* 



We can, therefore, at present recognise four local subspecies of Reinwardtoena 

 reinwardtsi. 



a. Reinwardtoena reinwardtsi reinwardtsi. 



Abdomen lavender-grey, wing about 22i.) to 230 mm.t 

 Hab. Northern Moluccas — Batjan, Halmahera, Obi. 

 (Synonyms. R. ti/pica Bp., R. r. obiensis Hart.) 



b. R. reinwardtsi griseotincta. 



Nearly the entire underside lavender-grey, wing about 230 to 24.5 mm. 

 Ilab. New Guinea, Waigiu, Salwatty, Jobi. 



c. R. reinwardtsi minor. 



Nearly the whole underside whitish. Wing about 210 mm. 

 JIab. Misori and Biak in the Geelvink Bay. 



d. R. reinwardtsi albida. 



Practically the whole underside whitish. Wing about 22.) to 23.5 mm. 

 Ilab. Southern Moluccas — Burn (type), and probably Amboina and Ceram. 



e. R. browni. 



Differs from the former in having a slaty, not chestnut, back and tail, and 

 inhabits the Duke of York Islands and New Britain, and is like 



./'. R. crassirostris 

 with a larger beak, from the Solomons, more distantly related, and better kept as 

 a separate species. The genus Coryphoenas for the last is an unnecessary 

 encumbrance. 



58. Columba mada Hart. 

 {Bull. B. 0. Club, V. Vm. p. 33.) 

 This curious ])igeon resembles in its coloration the so-called iiymnophaps 

 albcrtisi, from which it differs in its whitish throat, light abdomen, want of terminal 

 bar on rectrices and other characters. The naked space round the eye is much less in 

 extent than in the Gijmnophaps albertisi. If the genus Gymnophaps is recognised, 

 I suppose mada would have to be placed in it ; but I do not see the necessity of 

 that genus. If it is recognised, then several more subdivisions of Columba must be 

 made for the sake of consistency. The adult male of Columba mada has the bill 

 yellow, red at base. Top of head and neck pure grey, merging into the colour of 



* I could only examine one adult male collected by Doberty on Biak, an island immediately close to, 

 but separate from Misori. 



f Males are larger tban females. 



