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the tops of the trees. They are found as far south as Port 

 Denison. I believe the species found on New Ireland and Duke 

 of York Islands to be M. luctuosa (or M. bicolor) ; however, it is 

 certainly not the same as that from Australia, which must retain 

 Gray's name of spilorrhoa. Eggs, two in number — white, oblong. 

 Length 18 in., breadth 1"25 in. (From K. Broadbent.) 



COLUMBIDiE. 



153. — Ianth^nas albogularis, Bp. 

 lanthsenas rawlinsoni, SJiarpe ; Nature. Aug. 17th, 187 6. 

 This beautiful species, first obtained by Messrs. Broadbent and 

 Petterd during Mr. Stone's expedition, seems still to be rare ; it 

 was only met with on one or two occasions. Morton obtained 

 one, and I think a bird in Mr. Goldie's collection may also be 

 referred to this species. 



154. — Reinwardt(ENA reinwardtii, Tew.m. PI. Col., 248 (1825); 

 Salvad, Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vol. IX., p. 203 (1876-7). 

 Two specimens, adult male and female, from Broadbent's col- 

 lection, obtained in the mountain scrubs, about forty miles inland 

 from Port Moresby. " Iris and skin round the eye and the base 

 of the bill red, tip of bill black, legs and feet red." (K.B.). 



155. — Macroptgia amboinensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. I., p. 286, n 

 38 (1766); Sahmd. Ann. Mus. Civic. 8t. Nat. Genov. ZJI, 431. 

 Found frequenting the more dense parts of the scrubs, on the 

 banks of the Laloki River. I have seen specimens from the 

 Aru (?) Islands, Hall Sound, and the Duke of York Islands. 



Family GOURID-^. 



156. — Geopelia humeralis, Temm. Trans. Imn. Soc. XIII., p. 



128 (1821). 



One specimen only obtained. 

 157. — Geopelia placida, Gould. Handhh. Bds. Aust. II., p. 145, 



Very common everywhere in the more open parts of the 

 country ; usually found in pairs or small troops of four to six in 

 number. I find no difierence between the present specimens and 

 those from Rockingham Bay. 



