OO ZOOLOGY OF THE SOLOMOX ISLANDS, 



Ecpiallj plentiful witli the last species, and found breeding 

 during July, 1880. J 



JIah. TJgi, {Morton), Graudalcanar, {CocJcereU) , St. Christoval 

 (Stephens). j 



72. Caepophaga {Glohicem) rufegula, SaJvadori. 



Bamsay, 1. c, p. 72. 



Aj)parentlj plentiful. 



Rah. Ugi, {Morton), Savo, {CochereJJ), Makiri Harbour, 

 {Richards), St. Christoval, {Stephens). 



73. Tlieac-'exa CTiASsmosTEis, Gould, P.Z.S., 1856, p. 13G-7. 



Morton informs me that this fine S2:)ecies is not scarce on L"gi, 

 and although it may readily be detected by its clear, rather 

 mournful whistle-like note it is difficult to obtain ; it appears to 

 be strictly a ground pigeon with habits resembling a Macropygia; 

 it frequents the dense parts of the scrub, and when flushed 

 takes to the low boughs of the nearest tree ; there is no difference 

 in the plumage of the sexes, but the males have the crest a little 

 more developed and frequently two or three of the longest feathers 

 reach three inches in length, and are curved np at the ends, 

 the feathers on the nape and hindpart of the head are more or 

 less elongated, but on the whole the crest takes the form of that 

 of Ocyphaps lophotes. 



In the original description, no crest is mentioned and in the 

 plate in the "Voyage of the Curacoa " this ornament is not 

 correctly figured. " The bare skin round the eye is of a rich 

 carmine, the iris bright yellow, the bill reddish carmine, the legs 

 deep flesh-red."— (.4.J/.; 



Individuals vary in size, but a fully adult male of Morton's 

 collecting reaches in total length 10 inches ; wing S'l in. ; tail 9 

 ill. ; tarsus I'O.j ; mid toe {s.n.J 1-5, its nail 0-35 in. ; bill from 



