( n'2 ) 



42. Carpophaga rubricera Gray. 



This species inhabits the Bismarck Archipelago. We have the following 

 specimens : — 



4 New Ireland (collector nnkaown). 



1 New Britain (Th. Kleinschmidt coll.). 



2 Duke of York Islands (Brown & Hiibner coll.). 



3 New Hanover (Captain Cayley Webster coll.). 



43. Carpophaga concinna AVall. 



This widely-spread species only just touches the Pajjuan region on the Aru 

 Islands, where it seems to be rare, as we received only one single specimen from 

 Pulu Babi (= Pig Island), Aru Islands, collected by Heinrich Kiihn. It extends 

 from the Northern Islands of the Celebes group (including the Talaut and Sangir 

 Islands) to the Tenimber Islands, Babber, Damraer, Tifore, the Soiith-East Islands, 

 to Banda and the Arn group. 



44. Carpophaga geelvinkiana Schleg. 

 This form is evidently restricted to the Northern Islands in the Geelvink Bay. 

 We have 11 skins: 7 from Mafor (W. Doherty coll.), 1 from Biak and 1 from 

 Korrido, Schouten Islands (from Doherty), 1 from Miosnom (also Doherty), and 

 1 without locality. 



4.J. Carpophaga van-wycki Cass. 



Bismarck Archipelago, Eastern Pajinau Islands, and Kaiser Wilhelm's Land. 

 We have the following seven specimens : — 



1 Duke of York Islands. 



2 New Ireland. 



1 St. Aignan (A. S. Meek coll.). 



2 Egnm group (A. S. Meek coll.). 



1 c? Konstautinhafen, December 1893 (J. Kubary coll.). 



This last specimen appears to have paler chestnut under tail-coverts, and the 

 green of the back seems to run farther np the back ; bat we cannot separate this 

 form on the evidence of one inferior skin. 



40. Carpophaga zoeae (Less.) 



With a series of twenty-four in the Tring Museum, and after having examined 

 a dozen in the British Museum, we are unable to separate Dr. A. B. Meyer's C. zoeae 

 orientalis, or any other subspecies. Althongli some sjiecimens have the chin and 

 throat of a purer white than others, this character is not confined to specimens from 

 German New Guinea, and there also occur individuals with less white throats. The 

 metallic green gloss to the feathers of the pectoral band is apparent in all freshly 

 moulted individuals, and the green metallic band on the back is developed more or 

 less in all specimens. There is no local difference in the shape of the grey breast. 

 Our series consists of the following specimens : — 



1 from Beccari's expedition, locality doubtful. 



1 i Kapaur (W. Doherty coll.). " Iris whitish, feet carmine, claws brown, bill 

 blackish." 



