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purple-red " (K. B.) ; latterly Broadbent obtained several speci- 

 mens far inland on the mountain ranges. 



148. — Carpophaga. PiNON, Quoij. and Gaim. Voy. de VJJmn. Zool., 



p. US, pi 28 (1824). 



This fine pigeon proved to be one of the most plentiful ; they 

 were found associating in flocks of eight to ten in number, and 

 were often found feeding in the native fig trees in company with 

 if. spilorrhoa and P. coronulatus. 



149. — Carpophaga van-wyckii, Cass., Proc. Acad. Philad, 1862, 



p. 320. 



A large number of this species were obtained on the south-east 

 end of the island, on Deboyne Island, and at Bramble Haven. 



I find no difference between these and those from the Duke of 

 York Islands. 



160. — Carpophaga (Glohicera) pacifica, Gm. ; Salvadori, Att. 

 delta Beale Accad, Sc. di Torino XIII, 24, Gennaio (1878). 



Several specimens, agreeing well with Dr. Salvadori's descrip- 

 tion. 



Log. Teste Island, South East Cape, &c, {Goldie, Broadbent, 

 Blunden.) 



151. — Carpophaga rufigaster, Q. et Gaim., Voy. Astrol p. 245, 



pi 27, (1830). 

 0. rufiventris, Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civic, di St. Nat. Gen. IX, p. 201. 



One specimen only obtained by Broadbent, 40 miles inland. 

 The figure in the Voyage de 1' Astrolabe is not good, and 

 without the description would be unrecognisable ; the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts should be of the same tint as the basal two- 

 thirds of the tail of a rich bronzy purple. " Iris, skin round the 

 eye, and feet red ; legs black," (K.B.). 



152. — Myristicivora spilorrhoa, G. B. Gr., P.Z.S., 1858, p. 186. 



One of the most common species ; found also all over the 

 islands in Torres Straits in immense flocks, where, at night, they 

 frequently roost in the mangroves in such numbers as to whiten 



