15. CARPOPHAGA. 197 



Carpophaga raodinolauna, Finseh (nee Sclat.), P. Z. S. 1879, p. 13 

 (Duke of York IaL). 



Adult male. Upper part of the head grey, becoming darker on the 

 hind nock, and changing into the greyish metallic-green colour of 

 the upper parts, brighter and purer on the upper tail-coverts ; 

 frontal edge, chin, and periophthalmic feathers white ; cheeks and 

 throat light vinous, changing into grey, more or less vinous, on the 

 breast and abdomen ; under tail-coverts chestnut ; quills above 

 blackish, with a dusty bluish tinge on the outer webs, underneath 

 greyish ; under wing-coverts grey ; tail above dark steel-blue, more 

 ur less tinged with green, especially on the outer webs ; tail below 

 blackish brown: bill black; feet red. Total length 16 inches, 

 wing 9-4, tail 6-2, bill 0-9, tarsus 1-1.5. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Hah. .New Ireland, Duke of York Island, and New Britain. 



a. Ad. sk. Port Moresby, S.E. New A. Goldie [C.]. 



Guinea (?). 



b, e. $ ad. et ad. Duke of York Isl. Eev. G. Brown [C.J. 

 sk. 



d. Ad. sk. Duke of York Isl., Oct. {Rev. Tweeddale Coll. 



G. Brotcn). 

 e-h. <$ ad. et ad. Duke of York Isl. (Rev. G. Salvin-Godman Coll 



sk. Brown), 



i. 2 ad.sk. Duke of York Isl., Oct. (T. Sharpe Coll. 



KUinschmidt). 

 k. $ ad. sk. Credner Isl., Xew Britain, Oct. T. Kleiuschmidt 



EC]- 



13. Carpophaga pistrinaria. 



Carpophaga pistrinaria, Bp. in lift. (Cony). Av. ii. p. 36) (1854) 



(St. George, Solomon Islands, type examined) ; G. R. Gr. List B. 



licit. Miis. Columbse, p. 18 (1856) (St. Cristoval); Wall. Ibis, 



1865, p. 386; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1809, pp. 119, 124 ; Gieb. Thes. On,. 



i. p. 587 (1872) ; Salvad. Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 201, n. 43 



(1870); Sclat. P.Z.S. 1878, p. 072: Salvad. Monogr. sottogen. 



Globicera, p. 5 (1878) ; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 326 : Tristr. Ibis, 1879, 



p. 443 (Makira) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S. ]]\ iv. p. 7:' (1879) 



(Guadalcanal-): Sal cad. Ibis, L880, p. 12 s : id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. 



iii. pp. 80,55s (1882): Tristr. Ibis, 1882, p. 144; id. Cat. Coll. 



Ii. p. 42 (1889) : Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. xlii. p. 56 (Agg. 



Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 182) (1891) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1892, p. 298. 

 Ducula pistrinaria, Jlji. Cmisp. Ac. ii. p. 30 (1854) : id Conqjt. Raid. 



xl. pp. 215, 217, n. HO (1855); id. Coup d'ail Ordr. Pig. pp. 53, 



55, ii. 96 (1855); id. Oompt. Rend. xli. p. 658 (1855); Rehb. 



Tauben, i. p. 115 (1862); G. R. Gr. Hand-list. ii. p. 230, u. 9198 



< 1870). 

 Carpophaga (Ducula) pistrinaria, G. R. Gr. Cat. B. Trap. Isl. p. 42 



1 1 859). 

 Carpophaga priatinaria {sic), Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv.p. 72 



(1879), vii. p. 35 (1883). 

 Carpophaga van-wickii, Hams, (nee Cass.?) Nature, xx. p. 125 



(1879) (Guadalcanal); id. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. H'.'w. p. lei, 



n. L63 (part.) (1879). 



