14. GLOBICERA. 179 



pt. xix.pl. 7 (1835); Tristr. Cat. CoU. B. p. 43 (New Hanover) 



(1889) ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 56 {A<jy. Orn. 



Pup. <■ Mol. p. 181) (1891). 

 Globicera rubric-era, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 31 (18.54) (New Ireland); 



id. Compt. Head, xxxix. p. 1073 (18.34), xl. p. 217, n. 77 (1855) ; id. 



Coup d'ceil Ordr. Piy. pp. 14, 55, n. 77 (1855), xli. p. 1111 (1855), 



xliii. p. 8.35 (1856); id. Rev. et May. de Zoo/. 1850, p. 403; id. 



Icon. Pig. pi. 30 (1857) ; Rchnh. Tauben, i. p. 121 (1862); Hein. 



SfMchnw. Nomencl. Mtta. Hein. Orn. p. 281 (1890). 

 Carpophaga lepida, Cass. I'roc. Ac. Nat. Sc. 1'hilad. 1854 (December), 



p. 230 (Northern Australia?); Bp. Compt. Rend. xli. p. 1111 



(1855), xliii. p. 835 (1856) ; id. Rev. et Mat/, de Zoo/. 1856, p. 403. 

 Columba oceanica, Mas. Lugd. (nee Less.) Jide Bp. Compt. Rend. 



xliii. p. 835 (1856). 

 Carpophaga (Globicera) rubracera, G. R. Gr. Cat. B. Trap. Isl.n.41 



(1859). 

 Carpophaga (Zencena«) pinon, G. R Gr. (nee Q. et G.) Cat. B. 



Trap. Is/, p. 41 (1859) (New Ireland, ex Lesson). 

 Muscadivora rubricera, Schley. Dierent. tig. p. 209 (1864). 

 Globicera rubracera, part., G. R. Gr. Hand-lid, ii. p. 229, n. 9177 



(1870). 

 Carpophaga (Globicera) rubricera, Cab. fy Rchuc. J. f. 0. 1876, 



p. 325, n. 83 (New Ireland, New Hanover). 



Adult. Head, throat, and breast pale vinous, merging into the 

 dee}) chestnut colour of the abdomen, flanks, vent, and under 

 tail-coverts : periophthalmic feathers, frontal edge, and chin 

 whitish ; lower hind neck and upper mantle pale grey ; back, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and wings splendid bronze-green, in some speci- 

 mens greener than in others ; primaries and tail-feathers deep steel- 

 blue, tinged with green on the outer edges and tips ; under wing- 

 coverts grey ; (]iiills underneath dark greyish ; tail underneath 

 black : bill black ; knob at the base of the bill and feet red. Total 

 length about 16 inches, wing 10, tail 6, bill 1-1, tarsus 1*15. 



Huh. New Ireland, New Britain, New Hanover, and Duke of 

 York Island. 



a. Ad. st. No locality. Purchased. (Type of 



species.) 



b,c,d. Ad.sk. Duke of York Island (Rev. Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



G. Brown ). 



c,f. Ad. Bk. Duke of York Island (Rev. Tweeddale Coll. 



G. Brown). 



.</, h. <S 2 ad. sk. Duke of York Island, Sept., Sharpe Coll. 



Dec. (Kleinschmidt). 



i. Ad. sk. New Ireland. J.CockereU,Esq.[P.]. 



5. Globicera rufigula. 



Carpophaga rubricera, part., G. R. Gr.List B. Brit. Mus., Columbae, 

 p. IS, n. 6 (specim. I>. San Christoval) (1856) ; Sclat. 1'. /.. S. I B69, 

 pp. 119, 123, 124 (part.), L877, p. 109 (part.). 



Globicera rubricera, part., Bp. Compt. Bend, xliii. p. 835 (1856). 



Carpophaga rufigula, Salvad. Atli /,'. Ac. Sc, Tor. xiii. p. 53 > 

 (1878); id.Monogr. sottogen. Globicera, p. 11 (1878); id. Ibis, 

 1879, pp. 826, 364; Barns. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. p. 72 

 (1879); Editors, Ibis, 1880, pp. 189, 307; Tristr. Una, L880,p. 217. 



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