14. GLOBICERA. 175 



p. 196 ; id. Cat. B. Keiv Guin. p. 47 (part.), p. 61 (1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1861, p. 437 (part.); Wall. Ibis, 1861, p. 290 (Waigiou), 1865, 



p. 383, n. 48; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 588 (1872). 

 Carpophaga (Globicera) pacifica, G. R. Gr. Cat. B. Trap. Isl. p. 40 



(1859); Cab. $ Rchmv. J.f. O. 1876, p. 325 (Vavao) ; 8alvad. 



AttiR. Ac 8c. Tor. xiii. p. 322 ( 1878) (D'Urville Isl. or Tarawai) ; 



Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. <S'. W. iii. p. 292 (1878) (Teste Isl., South- 

 east Cape, &c), iv. p. 101. n. 164 (1879) (Solomon Islands). 

 Carpophaga (Globicera) microcera, G. R. Gr. Cat. B. Trop. 1st. v. 40 



(1859). 

 Carpophaga (Globicera) ?, G. R. Gr. Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 40 



(1859) (Tanna, New Hebrides). 

 Carpophaga (Globicera) tarrali, G. R. Gr. Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 40 



(1859). 

 Carpophaga samoensis, A.Brehm, Fithrer durch den zoot. Gart. 1865, 



p. 21. " 

 Carpophaga frauenfeldi, Pelz. Novara Rets., Joy. p. 106 (1865) 



(Stewart Isl., type examined) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 585 (1872). 

 Globicera tumida, part., G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 229, n. 9176 



(1870). 

 Hemiphaga frauenfeldh, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 231, n. 9225 



(1870). 

 Carpophaga, sp., Salvad. Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 200, n. 37 



(1870) (Louisiade Islands). 



Adult. Head and hind neck light grey ; margin of the forehead 

 and feathers round the base of the bill and chin whitish ; front part 

 of the neck, breast, and abdomen pale vinous : sides, flanks, and 

 tibial feathers grey, the latter tinged with vinous ; under tail-coverts 

 chestnut ; mantle (sharply defined from the grey of the hind neck), 

 back, rump, upper tail-coverts, wings, and tail above bronzt-green, 

 with some blue tinge: under wing-coverts ashy; quills and tail- 

 feathers below brown-black : bill and knob at the base black : feet 

 red. Total length 15-33 inches, wing 8-63-S-04, tail 5-20, bill f>98- 

 0-90, tarsus 0*98. 



Hah. From the Samoa Islands on the east to New Guinea. 



It is not quite certain that the birds found in Itarotonga and 

 New Caledonia belong to the present species. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Samoa. Gould Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Samoa. R. S. J. Whitmee 



[P.]. 

 d. 2 ad. sk. Samoa (Rev. G. Brown). 'Challenger Exped. 



e,f. Ad. skel. st. Savage Isl. J. Brenchley, Esq. 



[P.]. * 

 //. Ad.sk. Friendly Isl. Purchased. 



//, I, /r. cJ ^ ad. sk. Tomratabou. ' Challenger * Exped. 



/, m. <$ 2 ad. sk. Wakaia, Fiji LJ., Dec. (E. Tweeddale Coll. 



L. Bayard), 

 n. $ ad. >k. Aneiteum, X. Hebrides. J. McGillivray, Esq. 



1'. . 



o. (3 juv. sk. Api. N. Hebrides. 'Challenger' Exped. 



p, q, r. (J ad. sk. Louisiade Archipelago. Sir J. Ingham 1'. . 



6, t, u. § ad. et ad. Louisiade Archipelago, Jan., Voyage of H.M.s. 



»t. July (J. McGillivray). ' Rattlesnake.' 



