180 TRERONID.E. 



1882, p. 144; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 80 (1882) ; Tristr. 



Cat. Coll. B. p. 43 (1889) : Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. 



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

 Carpophaga' (Globicera) richardsi, Tristr. Ibis, 1879, p. 443 (Solomon 



Isl.) : Rchmv. 8f Schaloio, J.f. 0. 1879, p. 424 ; Salvad. Ibis, 1880, 



p. 131. 

 Carpophaga (Globicera) rufigula, Salvad. Ibis, 1880, p. 131; Rams. 



P?: Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. pp. 36, 668 (1882). 

 Globicera richardsi, Tristr. Ibis, 1880, p. 247. 

 Carpophaga sp. inc., Layard, Ibis, 1880, p. 307. 

 Globicera rutigula, Grant, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 332 (Malayta), 1888, 



p. 199 (Guadalcanar). 



Adult male. Head, neck, upper mantle, and crop-region grey ; 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, and throat pale vinous : chin whitish : back, 

 rump, upper tail-coverts, and wings splendid bronze-green with some 

 bluish tinge ; breast vinous, changing into vinous chestnut on the 

 abdomen and vent ; under tail-coverts cinnamon ; primaries black, 

 deep steel-blue on the outer webs, dull dark grey underneath ; 

 under wing-coverts grey ; tail above deep steel-blue, edged with 

 blue on the outer webs, underneath brown-black : bill black ; knob 

 at the base of the bill and feet probably red : " eyes dark red " 

 (Brenchley). Total length about 16 inches, wing 9-5, tail 5-75, 

 bill 1*3, tarsus 1-1. 



Hah. Solomon Islands. 



a. 3 ad. sk. San Cristoval, Sept. J. Brenchley, E.--q. [P.]- 



(Tvpe of species.) 



b. S ad. sk. San Cristoval, Dec. Voy. of H.M.S. 'Herald.' 



(J. MacgiUivray). 



c. S a d. s k. San Cristoval, Sept. Gould Coll. 



d. J ad. sk. Malayta. C.M.Woodford,Esq.[C.]. 



6. Globicera aurorae. 



Carpophaga aurorae, Peak, Un. St. Expl. J?.rp. viii. p. 201, pi. 56 



(1848) (Aurora or Maitea Island, one of the Society Islands) ; 



Hartl. Wieqm.Arch.f. Naturg. 1852, pp. 116, 134; id. J.f. O. 



1854, p. 167; Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 230; id. 



Un. St, Expl. Exped., Orm'th. p. 256, pi. 24(1858); Gieb. Thes. 



Orn. i. p. 584 (1872): Salvad. Monogr. sottogen. Globicera, p. 15 



(1878^ ; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 364 ; Wiglesw. Aves Polynes. p. 52, n. 2C8 



(1891). 

 Globicera aurora?, Up. Consp. Ac. ii. p. 32 (1854) ; id. Compt. Bend. 



sxxix. p. 1072 (1854), xl. p. 217, n. 79 (1855) ; id. Coup dceil 



Ordr. Pig. pp. 13, 55, n. 79 (1855), xliii. p. 835 (1856) ; Bchnb. 



Tauben, ii. p. 186, Novit. Suppl. t. vi. ff. 75-76 (1862) ; G. R. Gr. 



Sand-list, ii. p. 229, n. 9183 (1870). 

 Carpophaga (Globicera) aurora?, G. R. Gr. Cut. B. Trap. Isl. p. 41 



(1859). 

 ? Carpophaga aurora, Garrod, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 256. 



Adult male (type). Head, neck, and underparts pale cinereous, 

 nearly white at the bases of both mandibles, very dark on the 

 lower abdomen and thighs ; under tail-coverts dark bottle-green ; 



