BY E. T. RAMSAY, F.L.S., ETC. 725 



description may stand for other females of the same genus, I 

 do not think that his name can be retained. 



Hob. Ugi, and St. Christoval, Solomon Islands. 



Chalcophaps Mobtoki, sp. nov. 



Total length 8*5 inches, wing 6 inches, tail 4 inches, tarsus 1*1, 

 bill from forehead 0'9, from nostril 0*42 from gape - 9, mid. toe 

 (s.u.) 0-9, hind toe 0-6. 



The whole of the front of the head slate-blue ; crown, occiput, 

 nape, hind neck, shoulders, interscapular region and scapulars 

 dark chocolate ; the rump of a darker chocolate-brown, crossed 

 by an anterior and posterior band of light cinnamon ; upper tail- 

 coverts and tail above rich dark cinnamon-red, the outer feathers 

 of the tail centred with light slate-blue or bluish ash, a sub- 

 terminal band of blackish, the next two feathers of a rich cinnamon 

 red approaching to rufous and having a similar subterminal black 

 band or spot, on the under surface the black band is extended 

 down the margin of the inner web of the under tail- coverts, the 

 outer ones are like the upper tail coverts, the longer central ones 

 show a mixture of blackish brown and chocolate ; the whole of the 

 under surface of the body is of a rich cinnamon. The under wing- 

 coverts and inner webs of the primaries and some of the adjacent 

 secondaries rich deep cinnamon rufous, quills above dark brown 

 tinged with cinnamon, the outer webs of the tertiaries (or inner 

 secondaries) and the median and greater coverts rich bronzy-green. 

 In certain lights there is a rosy-purple tinge on the upper hind 

 neck and scapulars. 



Hal. Ugi. (Morton.) 



I believe the bird I described under the name of Chalcophaps 

 chry&ochlora var. sandwichensis (P.L.S. of N.S.W., Vol. III., p. 339) 

 to be the yoimg of this species, I therefore withdraw that name 

 in favour of the name I have here bestowed on the adult. 



