BY A. F. BASSET HULL. 643 



Australia, Lord Howe, and the New Hebrides Islands, one would 

 naturally expect to tind it at Norfolk Island. 



One of the most charming sights in these beautiful islands is a 

 pair of these pigeons walking tamely about under the palms and 

 tree-ferns, or taking short flights amongst the low branches, the 

 sun glinting from the bronze-green plumage as the birds turn 

 sharply in their erratic flight. 



The call of this bird is an oft-repeated and somewhat monotonous 

 ^' Coo-coo." A solitary bird will sit amongst the dense foliage of 

 a large forest-tree, with its breast resting on a branch, emitting 

 its cry at frequent intervals for an hour or more. Dimensions of 

 •eggs: (1) 1-05 xO-8(L.H.I., 5th Oct., 1907); (2) «, MxO-9; 

 6, V04xO-84(N.I., 25th Dec, 1908). 



38(M). S.Phaps elegans Temminck. 



Brush Bronze-wing Pigeon. 



Hah. — Lord Howe Island(accidental). (Australia generally, 

 Tasmania). 



A single specimen arrived at Lord Howe Island early in 1907, 

 in a verj'- exhausted condition. It was captured by Mrs. 

 Nichols, who had it in captivity when I visited the island in 

 October, 1907. 



RALLIFORMES. 

 49(M). 4. Hypot^nidia PHiLippiNENSis Linnaeus. 



Pectoral Rail; Rail(L.H.I.); Little Tarler Bird(NJ.). 



Hypotcenidia philippensis Ramsay, p. 38; Etheridge, 'Lord 

 Howe Island,' p. 11; Campbell, p.740. 



Hah. — Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. (Australia generally, 

 Tasmania, New Zealand, Malay Archipelago, &c.). 



This Land Rail is found on both islands, although it is stated 

 (Etheridge, L.H.I., p.ll) to have been introduced into Lord 

 Howe Island. Mrs. Nichols, a very old resident, informed me 

 that it was introduced by the late T. R. Icely when Visiting 

 3Iagistrate there. 



