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51. Carpophaga pinon salvadorii Tristr. 



Differs from C. pinoii pinon in having the crown of the head not French grey, 

 but strongly washed with a rosy vinons tinge. This rosy tinge is also strongly 

 develoj)ed on the mantle, which is lighter and not so greyish. The chestnnt colour 

 of the breast terminates more abrnptly towards the chest. 



This form extends from the Lonisiade Islands to the D'Entrecasteau.x group. 

 We have : — 



1 from Goodenongh Island. " Iris bright red with a dark yellow inner ring ; 

 feet crimson ; bill darker grey with light tip " (A. S. Meek coll.). 



4 from Fergnsson Island (A. S. Meek coll.). 

 3 from St. Aignan (A. S. Meek coll.). 



5 from liossel (A. S. Meek coll.). 



52. Carpophaga pinon westermanni Schleg. 



Wing-coverts slaty black with whitish-grey edges. Jobi Island. 

 We have received 2 from AnsQS and 3 from Marai, Jobi Island, from William 

 Doherty ; and have also one from Ansus, from Brnijn's hunters. 



53. Carpophaga pinon astrolabiensis Meyer. 



Perfectly similar to C. pinon westermanni, but the mantle is slightly more 

 vinous, and the whitish-grey borders to the upper wing-coverts extend almost 

 equally wide over all the series of wing-coverts, except the longest. Some specimens 

 are hardly distingnishable from westermanni. North coast of New Gniuea from 

 Takar to Huon Gulf. We have : — 



3 Takar (Doherty coll.). " Iris crimson, with a more scarlet inner line, eyelids 

 dark red ; feet carmine, claws bluish ; bill dull slaty." 



3 Konstantinhafen (J. Kubary coll.). 

 1 Sattelberg (Erik Nyman coll.). 



54. Carpophaga muUeri mtilleri (Temm.). 



Aru Islands and Southern New Guinea. 



We have before us the following seven specimens : — 



4 Trangan, Aru Islands (H. Klihn coll.). " Iris greyish-brown ; feet i)ale bluish 

 or violet ; bill slaty-black." 



1 Naiabui (D'Albertis and Tomasiuelli coll.). 



2 Brown River (E. Weiske coll.). 



55. Carpophaga mtilleri aurantia Meyer. 



This form from Kaiser Wilhelm's Land differs from C. miilleri mulleri in the 

 lighter, brighter, and more reddish tinge of fore and hindaeck. Dr. A. B. Meyer has 

 {Abh. Ber. Dresden Museum 1892-3) already observed that some specimens from 

 the " Geelvinkbay " belonged to his auranii't, thongh they differed slightly in some 

 tinge of colour. We have four wretched skins bought by Doherty on the Waropen 

 coast, which also agree with aurantia, though the neck seems to be slightly darker. 



