15. CARPorn.vGA. 213 



588 (1879) ; Xekrk. J. f. 0. 1885, p. 34 (Waigiou) ; Gutllem. 



P. Z. S. 1885, p. 660 ; Salvad. Mem. B. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. 



p. 57 (Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mul. p. 183) (1891). 

 Carpophaga, uov. sp. (!), P>Alb. Sydn. Mail, 1877, p. 218 ; id. Ann. 



Mils. Cic. Gen. x. p. i!0 (1877). 

 Carpophaga rufigula (errore), Bernst. {nee Salvad.), Dayboek, p. 139 



(Sorong) (1883). 

 Carpophaga rufigastra, Trktr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 43 (1889) ; Hartert, 



Kat. Voyelsamml. p. 189 (1891). 

 Zoncenas rutiventris, Heine §■ lichmo. Nomencl. Mas. Jlein. Orn. 



p. 282 (1890). 



Adult male. Head and neck pale vinous, whitish round the 

 eyes ; hind neck ashy ; back and rump metallic green with coppery 

 reflections, which become purple on the rump ; upper tail-coverts 

 metallic purple ; breast cinnamon, which gradually merges into the 

 light fulvous or isabelline colour of the abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts ; wings metallic bronze-green, with coppery reflections on 

 the smaller wing-coverts ; primaries dull bronze-green ; quills 

 below brown ; under wing-coverts cinnamon ; tail above brown- 

 purple with a broad grey apical band, below brown with a broad 

 grey apical band: "bill black; iris, eyelids, and feet red 7 ' ( Wal- 

 lace). Length 13-5 inches, wing 7, tail 4'5, bill O-90-O-78, tarsus 

 1- 14-1-06. 



Female. Like the male. 



Hob. New Guinea and the Western Papuan Islands — Waigiou, 

 Salawatti, Mysol, and Jobi. 



Jobi specimens should probably be separated, as they have the 

 vinous colour of the head and neck darker, and the upper tail- 

 coverts of a lighter coppery purple. 



a, b. Ad. sk. N.W. New Guinea. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. New Guinea. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



-/. Ad. sk. Dorey. Wallace Coll. 



c Ad. sk. Salawatti, July (von Bosenbenj). Gould Coll. 



/. <3 ad. sk. Salawatti, July (von Rosenberg). Tweeddale Coll. 



g. d ad. sk. Waigama, Mysol, Aug. (von Bo- Tweeddale Coll. 



senbery). 



h, i. Ad. sk. Mysol. Wallace Coll. 



k. Ad. sic. .Mysol ( Wallace). Gould Coll. 



1. Ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea. K. Ilunstein [C.]. 



//<. Ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea (A. Goldie). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



«. Ad. sk. Vicinity of Port -Moresby (A. Salvin-Godman Cull. 



Goldie). 



<>. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. A. Goldie, Esq. [C.]. 



29. Carpophaga chalconota. 



Carpophaga chalconota, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vi. p. 87 

 (1871), \ii. p. 720 (1875); Becc. Ann. Mm. Cir. (,\n. vii. p. 71-1 

 (1875); Finsch, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 641; Salvad. Ann. Mi/*. Cir. 

 Gen.ix.x>. ->0:>, n. 50 (1876), x. p. 159(1878); Gieb. TAes. Orn. 

 iii. p. 7H3 (1877); D'A/b. Nuova Guin. \\ 582 (1880); Salvad. 

 Orn. Pap. ,- M„l. iii. p. RIO (18S2); Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, 

 p. 060; Salvad. Mem. B. Ac. Sc. Tor. {2) xlii. p. 57 (Ayy. Orn. 

 Pap. e Mol. p. 183) (1891). 



