TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 107 



Ptilinopus perousii Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. andOrn.) : 195, "pi. Liv," 1848. 



=Ptilinopus perousii perousii Peale. See Peters, Checklist of birds of 

 the world 3:32, 1937. 



14828. Adult male. Upolu Island (lat. 13°46' S., long. 171°20' W.), 

 Samoan Islands, Oceania. Original number 551. U.S. Exploring Ex- 

 pedition (1838-1842). 



This was the only specimen of the original series from the restricted type 

 locality; Peale's Fijian birds belong to another race. 

 Ptilinopus perousii cupidineus Wetmore 

 Ibis (12) 1 (4) : 829, October 7, 1925. 



=Ptilinopus perousii mariae (Jacquinot and Pucheran). See Ripley and 

 Birckhead, Amer. Mus. Nov. 1192: 13, 1942. 



212245 (not 212246). Adult male. Tongatabu Island (lat. 21^07' S., 

 long. 175° 11' E.) , Tonga Islands, Oceania. November 30, 1899. Col- 

 lected by Charles H. Townsend. Received from the U.S. Fish Com- 

 mission. 

 Ilaemataena meianocephala enantia Oberholser 



Journ. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 296, July 19, 1924. 



=Ptilinopus melanospila bangueyensis (A. B. Meyer) . See Peters, Check- 

 list of birds of the world 3:38, 1937. 



191872. Adult male. Cagayan Sulu Island (in the Sulu Sea off British 

 North Borneo), Philippine Islands. February 26, 1904. Collected by 

 Edgar A. Mearns. Original number 13283. 

 Ilaemataena meianocephala massoptera Oberholser 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Pvlus. 54: 191, November 2, 1917. 



=Ptilinopus melanospila massoptera (Oberholser). See Peters, Check- 

 list of birds of the world 3 : 38, 1937. 



181420. Adult male. Pulau Mata Siri (lat. 4°48' S., long. 115^48' E.) 

 Laurot Islands, eastern Java Sea. December 8, 1907. Collected by 

 WiUiam L. Abbott. 



Genus DUCULA Hodgson 



Carpophaga aurora? Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 201, "pi. LVi," 1848. 



=Ducula aurorae (Peale). See Peters, Checklist of birds of the world 

 3:43, 1937. 



14938. Adult male. Aurora Island=Makatea Island (lat. 15°49'35" S., 

 long. 148°13'15'' W.) , Tuamotu Islands, Oceania. September 10, 1839. 

 U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 



14941. Adult male. Society Islands, Oceania. U.S. Exploring Expe- 

 dition (1838-1842). 



While Cassin's MS. list calls for but three specimens, four were entered into 

 the museum register. Nos. 15733 and 15734, both males from the Society 



