

15. CARPOPHAGA. 187 



Carpophaga chalybea (errore), Bosenb. J. f. O. 1864, p. 132, n. 22G 



(Aru). 

 Carpophaga concinna, Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 383, n. 52 (Matabello, 



Sanguir Isl., Banda, Kc5 Isl.) ; id. Malay. Arc/tip. i. p. 457 (I860) ; 



Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbre, p. 82 (1873); Bruggem. Abhandl. 



naturw. Ver. Brem. v. p. 84 (1876) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 



ix. pp. 62, 65,200,11. 39 (187(5); id.P.Z.S. 1878, pp. 85,89; 



Bosenb. Malay. Archip. p. 371 (1878-79) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Gen. xiv. p. (359 (1879); id. Voy. Challeny., Birds, pp. 66, 71 



(1881) : Meyer, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1881, p. 772 (Bab bar, Cera, 



Tenimber lei.) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 81 (1882) ; Sclat. 



P. Z. S. 1883, pp. 51, 195, 200 (Larat, Maroe, Timorlaut) ; Meyer, 



Sitz. u. Abh. Ges. Isis, 1884, Abh. i. p. 51 (Dammar); Furber, 



P. Z. 8. 1884, p. 433: Biittik. Not. Leyd. Mas. viii. p. 66 (188(5) ; 



Bias. Ornis, iv. p. 615 (1888) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 42 (1889): 



Salvad. Mem. B. Ac. So. lor. (2) xlii. p. 55 [Agg. Orn. Pap. e 



Mol. p. 181) (1891). 

 Carpophaga roseinucha, part., Schler/. X. T. D. iii. p. 197 and follow., 



p. 344 (1865). 

 Carpophaga mvristicivora, Bosenb. (nee Scop.) Beis naar de Zuid- 



oostereil. p. 81 (Ke Isl.) (1867). 

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



(1870). 

 Carpophaga pacifica, part., Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 487 (1873). 



Adult male. Head, neck, breast, and abdomen light grey ; frontal 

 edge whitish ; occiput and nape tinged with light vinous ; under 

 tail-coverts chestnut ; grey colour of the neck sharply defined from 

 the colour of the back ; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and upper 

 wing-coverts metallic golden or bronze-green, with some blue reflec- 

 tions ; quills steel blue-black, secondaries brighter, underneath slate- 

 black ; under wing-coverts dark grey, with some metallic golden- 

 green lustre ; tail above metallic steel-blue, below black : bill dark 

 horn-colour ; feet vinous red : iris pale yellow-orange ; eyelids pale 

 with a white edge. Length 21"22-18'86 inches, wing 12-3S-10-22, 

 tail 7-47-6-29, bill 0-90-0-78, tarsus 1-41-1-38. 



Female. Somewhat smaller than the male. 



There is a great difference in the size of the specimens, ac- 

 cording to the localities ; the Ke Islands birds are the largest 

 of all. 



Hah. Tenimber Islands, S.W. Papuan Islands — Aru and Ke Isl. ; 

 Moluccas — Tejoor, Matabello, Monawolka, Pandjang, Coram, Banda, 

 Batang Kitjil, and Sanghir Islands. 



a. Ad. at. Moluccas. E. Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 



b. (J ad. -k. Aru I. Wallace Coll. 



c. rf ad sk. Aru I. (Wallace). Gould Coll. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Aru I. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 e-b. 8 2 &d- sk. K& Doulan. ' Challenger' Exp. 



I. /.-. I. J ad. et ad. Matabello. Wallace Coll. 



sk. (Types of species.) 



r/i. cJ ad. sk. Dammar I , Banda Sea, Nov. P. W. Bassett Smith, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 n. 2ad.sk. Banda. 'Challenger Exp. 



o. Ad. sk. Tenimber I. Tweeddale Coll. 



