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12. MEGALOPREPIA. 



Type. 



Megaloprepia, Rchnb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xxvi (1352) .... M. majrnifica. 



Range. Northern Moluccas and through the Papuan Islands to 

 S.E. Australia. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Upper wing-coverts uniform green, with no 



yellow spots ; quills underneath uniform . . formosa, p. 166. 



b. Wing-coverts spotted with yellow ; bise of the 



inner web of the quills rufous-cinnamon. 

 a '. Tail underneath grey. 



a". Largest ; wing 943 to 8-64 inches magnified, p. 1H7. 



b" . Medium ; wing about 7-47 inches assimilis, p. 163. 



c". Smallest ; wing 6 - 88 to 6 - 68 inches .... poliura, p. 169. 



b'. Tail underneath black ; wiug 6-68 inches . . puella, p. 170. 



1 . Megaloprepia formosa. 



Carpophaga (Megaloprepia) formosa, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 360. 

 Ptilopus bernsteinii, Schley. K. T. D. i. p. 59, pi. 3. f. 1 (?) (1863) 



(type examined) : id. Ibis, 1863, p. 120; id. Mus. P.-B. Uolumbse, 



p. 40 (1873) ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 572 ; Rosenb. Malay. Archip. 



pp. 407,594(1879); Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 43 (1889). 

 Carpophaga formosa, Schley. Ibis, 1803, p. 120. 

 Ptilopus ochrogaster, Bernst. N. T. N. I. xxvii. p. 86 (1864) ; id. 



N. T. D. ii. p. 324 (1864) ; Nerct. Zool. Record, i. (1864) p. 87 



(1865). 

 Ptilonopus ochrogaster, Bernst. J.f. 0. 1864, p. 408 (published after 



March 1865). 

 Carpophaga bernsteini. Wall. Ibis, ]865, p. 388, n. 77; Gieb. Thes. 



Orn. i. p. 504 (1872) ; Rosenb. Reist. naar de Geelvinkb. p. 8 



(1875). 

 Ptilonopus bernsteinii, Finsch, Neu-Gum. p. 177 (1865) ; Pelz. S,- 



Lor. Ann. Naturh. Hofmus. iii. p. 47 (1888). 

 Megaloprepia bernsteinii, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 231, n. 9220 



(1870); Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbae, p. 11 (1873); Salvad. 



Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 788(1875). 

 Megaloprepia formosa, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 199, n. 5 



(1876) ; id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. (54 (1882) ; Pleske, Bull. Acad. 



Petersb. xxix. p. 534 C1884) ; Hein. 8f Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. 



Hein. Orn. p. 282 (1890) ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. 



p. 55 (Ayy. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 181) (1891). 



Adult male. Head and neck greenish grey, rest of the upper parts 

 bright green ; breast greyish green : on the middle of the lower 

 part of breast a patch of crimson ; abdomen and vent ochraceous ; 

 under tail-coverts cinnamon-rufous ; primaries with a narrow 

 yellowish-white edge on the outer web ; quills and tail underneath 

 grey ; under wing-coverts ochraceous yellow : bill and feet lead- 

 colour ; tip of the bill yellow ; irides brown-grey. Total length 

 about 11 iuches, wing 5-9, tail 5, bill 0*6, tarsus 0-76. 



