212 TRERONID.E. 



Ordr. Pig. pp. 16, 55, n. 95 (1855) ; id. Compt. Send, xliii. p. 836 

 (1856) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbss, p. 10 (1873) ; Heine fy 

 Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 282 (1890) (New Guinea!). 



Columba ba ilica, Schleg. Handl. Dierk. i. pp. 409, 480, Vog. pi. v. 

 f. 65 (1857). 



Carpopbaga (Ducula) basalis, G. R. Gr. P. Z. 8. 1860, p. 360. 



Ducula basilis, Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 115 (1862). 



Carpopliatra basileus, Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 177 (1865). 



Ducula basalica, G. R. Gr. Hand-list. ii. p. 230, n. 9196 (1870). 



Carpopbaga basilis, Pek. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1876, p. 719. 



Carpopbaga basalica, Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 42 (18S9). 



Ducula basalica, Hein. 8f Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 282 

 (1890). 



Adult. Head, neck, and upper breast pale vinous; hind neck 

 ashv ; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and upper wing-coverts 

 metallic bronze-green; lower breast, abdomen, and under tail- 

 covert uniform pale cinnamon ; primaries steel-blue ; secondaries 

 metallic green on the outer web, steel-blue on the inner one ; quills 

 below slate-grey, under wing-coverts brown with bronze-green 

 lustre ; tail above steel-blue, with a broad grey apical band, below 

 dark grey, with a light grey apical baud : " bill dusky lead-colour ; 

 iris dark red; feet coral-red; eyelids red" (Wallace). Length 

 about 16-5 inches, wing 8-64, tail 5-5, bill 0-9, tarsus 1-25. 



Hah. Halmahera group— Halmahera, Ternate, Morty, Batchian, 

 and Obi Islands. 



a-d. c? ad. et ad. sk. Batchian. Wallace Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Batchian (Wallace). Gould Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Batchian. SalviA-Godman Coll. 



28. Carpophaga rufiventris. 



Columba rufigasier (!), Q. $ G. Toy. Astral, p. 245, pi. 27 (1830) 



(type examined) ; Less. Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii. p. 89 (1837) ; id. 



op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 293 (1838) ; Pre v. $ Knip, Pig. pi. 9 (1838-43). 



Carpophaga rufigaster, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 469, n. 24 (1844) ; 



Mat. Journ. Pr. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 146 (1858) ; G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 



1858, p. 196, 1859, p. 159; id. Cat. B. New Gain. pp. 48, 61 



(1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 437 ; Wall. Lhis, 1805, p. 387, n. 73 ; 



Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 178 (1865); Wall. J. f. O. 1800, p. 281, 



n. 73; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 588 (1872); Sehleg. Mm. P.-B. 



Columbte, p. 97 (1873) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vi. p. 88 



(1874) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. hi. p. 292 (1878). 



Zoncenas rufigaster, Rchnb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xxvi (1852); Bp. 



Consp. Av. ii. p. 38 (1854); id. Compt. Rend, xxxix. p. ]070 



(1854), xl. p. 217, n. 104 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil Ordr. Pig. 



pp 17, 55, n. 104 (1855) ; Rosenb. N. T. N. I. xxv. p. 249, n. 232 



(1863) ; id. J. f. O. 1864, p. 132, n. 232 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. 



p. 230, n. 9208 (1870). 



Hemiphaga rufigastra, Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 114, t. 232. f. 1296 



(1802), ii. p. 182 (1862). 

 Carpopbaga rufiventris, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 790 

 (1875), ix. p. 201, n. 49 (1876), x. p. 159 (1877) ; If Alb. $ Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 120 (1879) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. 

 W. iv.p. 101, n. 101 (1879); If Alb. Nuova Gum. pp. 528, 582, 



