12. MEGALOPREPIA. \Cy~ 



Female. Similar to the male, hut with (he head and neck more 

 greenish, with the abdomen darker ochraccous,and with no crimson 

 spot on the breast. 



Hab. Halmahera group— Halmahera, Ternate, Batchian, and 

 Obi. 



a, b. 6 2 ad. sk. Gilolo, E. Halmahera. Wallace Coll. (Types 



G } 3 l' ^ j , ,-, , of species.) 



c, d. d 2 ad. sk. Gilolo, E. Halmahera. Wallace Coll 



«. dad. sk. Gilolo (Wallace). Gould Coll. ' 



/. ? ad. sk. [Aru Is.] Tweeddale Coll. 



2. Megaloprepia magnifica. 

 Columba magnifica, Temm. Tr. Linn. Sue. xiii. p. 125 (18211 • id 



(1826); Steph.Gea. Zool. xiv. 1, p. 292 (1826); Wagl. Suit. Av. 



' " ".J! 1 ^'./f Wi i(l Isis > 18 - 9 ' P- 741 i ****■ Tr'd-Om. 

 p. 4b9 (18.31) ; Amp $ Prev. Pig. ii. pi. 25 (1838-43) 



Carpophaga magnifica, Selb. Nat. Lib,-.. Pigeons, p. 115, pi 6 (1835)- 



G. R Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 468, „. 6 (1844); Gould, B. Austr v. 



?lVv\ , pt ;- XXV ^, 18J6) : Ilrh "' K *«-^»- Columbaria?, cxli. ff. 1299, 

 1390 (1847;; Xtyth Cat. B. Mm. A. S. B. p. 231 (1849) ■ Rehab. 

 Vbg NmAoB. p 318, n. 419 (1850) . Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc 

 P *SS P- 2 f l L?- *• «r- £»< $**. A J?««. Slug. Columba?, 

 p. 20.(18o6); Pefe .Aovara Rets., Tog p. 107 (1865) ; Gieb. The*. 

 Urn. i. p. o8b (18/2) ; Hartert, Kat. Vogehamml. p. 189 (1891) 

 1 tilonopus magmficuu, Sir. Class. B. ii. p. 347 (1837) 

 Ptilinopus magnificus, Hartl. Syst. Verz. Brem. p. 97(1844) 

 Megaloprepia magnifica, Rchnb. Syst. Av. p. xxvi (1852) • Bp Consn 

 Av n. p. 39 (1854) : id. Compt. Bend, xxxix. p. 1077 (1*54) xl' 



fcvV "V ,' ld : Coup d ' a ' 1 0rdr - 1H '.I- PP- 18 > 55>n- 109 (18551 ■ 

 Rchnb. Tauben i. p. 101, t. 233. ff. 1299-1300 (1862) ; GWrf, 

 7/flWA. />. Au>tr. ,i. p. 110 (1865); .ft,,,,,. .«& 1866, p. 333 • ff 

 R Gr.Mand-kat, ii. p 231, n. 9217 (1870); &«.«, W .v^ 

 Z»0. Columba;, £ 11 (18, 3) ; i?«„„. P. Z. 5. 1876, p. 115 ; Salvad. 

 Ann Mas. Uv. Gen. xii. p. 427 (1878) ; Salvad. P. Z. S 1879 

 pp. 6,, 68; Salv. Cat. B. Strict. Coll. p. 554 (188'->) ■ Tristr Cat' 



C rf- \& ,f„£ 889) ; Heln - * J2cAnw - ^M*** -V«... }/,.-■„'. 

 On;, p. 2s2 (1,^90). 



Ptilopua magnificus, Schhg. Be Dierent. p. 210(1864)- id \ftu 

 P.-B. Columba?, p. 38 (1873) : Elliot, P. Z. 8. 1878' p" 575 •' 

 Rami. Pr. L,nn. Soc. X. S. J1\ ii. p. 195, n. 516 (1878) 



rtilopus (Megaloprepia) niagniticus, Rams. Tab. list, p. 17, n. 530 



Adult male. Head and neck pale grey, slightly washed with 

 greenish ; all the upper surface and wings rich "golden green • 

 median wing-coverts with a patch of light yellow Dear the" tin of 

 the outer webs, forming an irregular oblique band across the win- • 

 quills Bhming green ; under surface of the wings brown, passing 

 into cinnamon-brown at the base of the quills ; under wing-coverts 

 yellow : line down the centre of the throat, middle of the breast 

 and abdomen rich deep purple ; sides of the breast green ; lower 



