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22. Ptilinopus rivolii bellus Scl. 



Apparently the whole of New Guinea. We have 14 specimens with exact 

 localities. 



1 c? Hatam, Arfak (Beccari coll.). 



6 S ad., 1 i jnv., and 2 ? Arfak (Brnijn coll.). 



1 ? Sattelberg (Erik Nyman coll.). 



2 cf ? monntaius between Laroki and Vanapa Rivers (Weiske coll.). 

 1 S Aroa River, 4000 feet (Weiske coll.). 



2:5. Ptilinopus rivolii strophium (iould. 



Louisiade Islands to Sonth-Eastern New Guinea. 



At first sight 7'. rieolii strophium and P. ricoUi miqitcU ajtpear very different 

 from the other three subspecies of rivolii, because of the apparent absence of the 

 purple abdominal patch ; but we find old males, chiefly from Rossel and St. Aignan 

 Islands, and from near Port Moresby, showing every gradation from a few purple 

 spots to a patch even larger than in F. rivolii rieolii. We examined 16 sjiecimens, 

 as follows : — 



1 typical 6, said to be from near Port Moresby (Goldie coll.). 



1 tyi)ical t? Egum Island (A. S. Meek coll ). 



1 typical ? and 1 tyjjical S Sudest Island (A. S. Meek coll.). 



3 typical J, 1 ?, 1 J" with small, and 1 S with a very large, jmrjile jiatch, 

 Rossel Island (A. .S. Meek coll.). 



2 typical S, 2 ?, and 2 S with small purple patches, St. Aignan 

 (A. S. Meek coll.). 



24. Ptilinopus rivolii miqueli Schleg. 



Jobi and Miosnom Islands, in the (Jeelviuk Bay. 



We have the following specimens : — 



1 c? Miosnom (Beccari coll.). 



1 S Miosnom (l)ought by Doherty). 



1 c? no locality (Brnijn coll.). 



1 c? Marai, Jobi (Doherty coll.). 



1 S Jobi (Brnijn coll.). 



25. Ptilinopus solomonensis solomonensis Gray. 



Breast-band entirely yellow ; lilac of abdomen pale, of forehead dark ; Solomon 

 Islands. 



We have at present one male (wrongly sexed " female '") collected by Mr. C. M. 

 Woodford on Ugi, 1. Lx. 1896. 



2U. Ptilinopus solomonensis johannis Scl. 



Breast-liand entirely yellow, apparently wider than in the former; lilac of 

 abdomen dark, of tlie same colour as the crown. 



Admiralty Islands and New Hanover. 



We have six skins, four moles and two females, fi'om New Hanover, collected 

 by Captain Webster. 



