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 3. Ptilinopus solomouensis solomonensis Gra}'. 



PtiliJiiujtiis suloiHuneiisi.-: Gray, Ami. i( Ma,/. Sid. Hist. (4) v. p. :^2K ^1870—? "Solomon 

 Islands "). 



1 S, New Georgia, '.). iii. 10ii4 CNo, A. 1416). 



" Iris _yellow ; feet ])iir[ilish reil : bill green-slate." 



2 ? ¥, Heuduva, February 19(i4 (Nos. A. 1187, 1265). 



4. Ptilinopus lewisii lewisii Kams. 



Ptilujjus kwisii Ramsay, Pjv/r. Liim. Soc. N.S. Wales vi. p. 724 (1881— cc oj). eit. iv., 1879, pp. 73, 

 74 : '' Lango ; Gaudalcanar "). 



1 ¥, llendova, 5. ii. 10U4 (No. A. 1186). 



1 c?, 3 ? ?, Gizo, November 1903 (Nos. A. 713, 730, Sll, 851). 



2 (?c?, 1 ?, Choisenl, December 19u3 (Nos. A. 951, 1U03, 1059). 



1 c?, Bougainville, 22. iv. 1904 (No. A. 1623). 



" Iris yellow (dull yellow, reddish yellow) ; feet dark purple (purplish red) ; 

 liill bright straw-yellow fgreenish yellow)." 



5. Carpophaga rufigula Salvad. 



Cai-j/ophaija rufiyula Salvador), Atti R. Ace. Sc. Turiiiu xiii. p. 53G (1878 — San Christoval 

 Solomon Is.). 



2c??, Rendova, February 1004 (Nos. A. 1323, 1337). 



2 J (J, Gizo, October 1903 (Nos. A. 024, 625). 



1 (S, Bougainville, 7. v. 19o4 (No. A. 1754). 



"Iris dark red; feet purplish red (bright purple) ; bill dark slate-colour." 

 We have nut been able to compare examples from San Christoval ! 



0. Carpophaga pristinaria Bp. 



Carpophayii prislhiaria Bonaparte, C'nnxji. Av. ii. p. 3G (1854—" St. George Island "). 



2 c?(J, 1 (? ?, Gizo, October and November 1903 (Nos. A. 027, 071, 740). 

 1 ?, Choiseul, 18. .^ii. 19n3 (No. A. 971). 



3 c?cf, 2 ? ?, Bougainville, April and May 19o4 (Nos. A. 1554, 106.5, 1074, 

 1728, 1733). 



Two eggs, belonging to the ? No. A. 971, were taken on Choiseul, 18. .\ii. 1903. 

 They are white, almost without any gloss, and measure 47 x 33'2 and 52 x 33 mm. 



7. Columba philippanae (Uams.)?? 



hinlhixiinsphilipiniiine (sic ! ) Ramsay, Pruc. Linn. Sue. N. S. Wale.-', \i. p. 721 (1881 — Ugi, Solomon Is.). 



1 juv. (" S ?") Choiseul, 8. xii. 1903 (No. A. S91). 



" Iris and feet dirty yellow, bill slaty." 



1 cj fere ad., Bougainville, lo. iv. 1904 (No. A. 149i)). 



" Iris yellow and red ; feet pale yellow ; bill slate and dull red." 



As there are, to our knowledge, no specimens of C. pldli ppamw , nor of the 

 closely allied C. jjallidiceps from Duke of York Island, in Europe, we are not 

 able to say if our specimens belong to either of them. We are inclined to think 

 that they belong to a third subspecies, but may be philippaHae. The crowns are 



