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moulting- into freueli grey, the throats are wbitish jrrey. The feathers of the 

 Uody-iilnmage above are slaty or brownish blaik with wide opalescent greenish 

 and reddish tips, those of the under surface slate-grey, widely tipped with ojuilesceut 

 glossy green on the breast, more narrowly and less distinctly on the abdomen. 



8. Macropygia rufa rufocastauea Kams. 



Mmrop'jyia m/vcaslanea Ramsay, I'luc. Linn, S,u: X .S'. Il'/z/is iv. p. 314 ( 1«79— Lango. fiuadal- 

 canar). 



1 ?, Reudova, 24. ii. r.Mi4 (Xo. A. 1364). 



2 c?<?, 2 ? ?, New Georgia, 7, 8, lu. iii. 19tl4 (Nos. A. 1:51»7, Mii4, Uvll, 14:!1). 

 1 ?, Choiseul, :.'■!. .\ii. 10u3 (No. A. luos). 



1 <J, Bougainville, ll'. v. 1904 (No. A. i:;?). 



"Iris yellowish red icrimson) : feet red ; bill black." 



0. Coryphoenas crassirostris (Gould). 



Turacoena cnissiroslris Gould, P. Z. .S. ISoli, p. l.'iij (Guadalcauar). 



1 ? ad., 1 ? jnv., Hendova, 'JO. ii. 10(14 (Nos. A. 1378, 1370). 



" Iris yellow (dull yellow in the young) ; feet purplish red (black in the yoiuig) ; 

 bill brick-red in the adult." 



10. Chalcophaps stephani mortoni Rams. 



Chahophaps moiioni Ramsay, Pi-o'-. Linn. Soc. X. S. ]]'ule.i vi. p. 725 (1881 — Ugi, Solomon Is.). 



2 c?(?, Rendova, 17, 28. ii. 1904 (Nos. A. 1324, 1384). 

 2 ? ?, New Georgia, 9. iii. 1904 (Nos. A. 1409, 1414). 



4 cJcJ, Gizo, 28. X. ; 1, 2, lO. si. 1903 (Nos. A. 063, 711, 717, 873). 



1 c?, 1 ?, 1 ? juv., Choiseul, 7, 28, 29. xii. 1903 (Nos. A. 887, 1060, 1004). 



o Sd, 1 ?, Bougainville, 11, 15, 20, 21. iv. ; 5. v. 1904 (Nos. A. 1493, 1539, 

 1541, 1.595, 1007, 173.5), 



The young ? differs from the adnlt in having the top of the head aud hind- 

 neck chestnut without any jdum-coloured tinge and without grey on the forehead. 



" Iris brown ; feet bright red ; bill yellow." 



11. Phlegoenas beccarii iutermedia snbspec. nov. 



Subspeciei P/il. beri:urii jolicniine dictae simillima, sed abdomine piiUiore, 

 purpnrascentiore, jngulo grisescentiore. 



This new form is nearest to Flil. hcfi\ johintiKii-, but differs by the less whitish 

 foreneck and chest, which are more greyish, and by the colour of the abdomen, 

 which is darker and more purplish bronze. The bronze colour nf tbe upperside has 

 a more greenish, less reddish tinge. 



Type : 6 ad., Bougainville, 17. iv. 1904, No. A. 1569, A. 8, Meek coll. 



Mr. Meek sent, in .iddition to the type, flic following two specimens : 



6 ad.. New Georgia, 14. iii. 1904 (No. A. 1461). 



cJ ad., Gizo, 14. ii. 1903 (No. A. 85n). 



These two specimens from the New Georgia group are more reddish bronze 

 above, and the abdomen appears to be slightly darker. It is quite jwssible that 



