1 72 TRERONIDiE. 



(1862) ; Mat. Ibis, 1877, p. 129 (Mus. Turati) ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 



1877, p. 408 ; Salvad. Monoor. sottogen. Globicera, p. 3 (1878) ; 



Tristr. Ibis, 1881, p. 249. 

 Carpophaga (Semsius) galeata, G. R. Gr. Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 41 



(1859). 

 Serresius forsteri, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 229, n. 9186 (part.) 



(1870) (syn. emend.) ; Wiglesw. Aves Polynes. p. 53, n. 271 (part.) 



Type. Head, neck, and lower parts dark grey, darker, nearly 

 slate-colour, on the upper part of the head and on the nape ; back, 

 wings, and tail dark shining green ; under wing-coverts greyish 

 black ; quills and tail-feathers underneath almost black ; under 

 tail-coverts chestnut ; feathers covering the frontal saddle whitish 

 grey. Total length 20-5 inches, wing 11-5, tail 8 - 5, culmen 0-7, 

 gape 1-8, tarsus 1-62 {Mus. Paris). 



Hah. Marquesas Islands. 



«• 6- Marquesas. Verreaux Coll. 



14. GLOBICERA. 



Type. 

 Globicera, Pp. Comp. Av. ii. p. 30 (1854); id. Compt. 



Rend, xxxix. p. 1072 (1854) G. pacifica. 



Cf. Salradori, Monograjia del sottogenere Globicera, pp. 17, Torino, 1878. 



Range. Polynesia and Papuan Islands. 



Keg to the Species. 



a. Under tail-coverts chestnut. 

 a'. Cere black. 



a". Tail above green ; hind neck ash-colour. 

 a'". Front part of the neck, breast, and 



abdomen vinous pacifica, p. 173. 



b'". ?\eck and breast ashy, lower abdomen 



like the under tail-coverts chestnut. . oceanica, p. 176. 

 b" . Tail above blue-black ; nape vinous .... myristicivora, p. 177. 

 b'. Cere red ; tail above blue-black. 



c' . Head and neck pale vinous ; lower part 



of the hind neck ashy rubricera, p. 178. 



d". Head and neck ashy ; cheeks and throat 



pale vinous riifigida, p. 179. 



b. Under tail-coverts dark green. 



e". Frontal knob very large ; head and neck 



pale ash-colour aurora, p. 180. 



/". Frontal knob very small ; head and neck 

 dark ash-colour, darker on the upper 

 part of the head and hind neck wilkesi *, p. 181. 



* CAIiPOPIIAGA ? FOUSTERI. 



Columba globicera, var. ?, Forst. MS. uncle 



Columba E. Forsteri, Wagl. his, 1829, p. 739 (ex Forster). 



