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41. Carpophaga astrolabiensis. 



Carpophaga westermanni astrolabiensis, Meyer, Abb. u. Ber. kg I. 

 Zool. Anthrop. Mus. Dresd. no. 4, p. 14 (1891). 



Similar to C. westermani, but tbe edges of tbe smaller upper 

 wing-coverts paler ; also the head, neck, breast, lower back, and 

 uropygium are paler. 



Hab. N.E. New Guinea, from Astrolabe Bay to Huon Gulf. 



I have seen three specimens of this supposed new subspecies, 

 sent to me for inspection by Graf von Berlopsch, and I doubt very 

 much whether they are different from true C. westermani : one of 

 them from Huon Gulf, collected by Dr. Finsch, has the neck and 

 mantle more vinaceous than the other two from N.E. New Guinea. 



42. Carpophaga melanochroa. 



Carpophaga melanochroa, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 672, pi. xlii. ; 

 Brown, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 451 ; Finsch, Ibis, 1881, p. 538 ; Salvad. 

 Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 106 (1882) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 348 ; 

 Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 42 (1889) ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. 

 (2) xlii. p. 58 (Affff. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 184) (1891). 



Adah male (type). Slaty black, almost uniform ; head and neck 

 blacker ; wing-covorts and scapularies with very distinct grey mar- 

 gins ; also the feathers of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 have paler scale-like lines near the edges, but much more obsolete ; 

 under wing-coverts partially tinged with chestnut ; under tail- 

 coverts tinged with dull chestnut ; tail underneath ashy white or 

 grey : " eyes bright scarlet ; legs purple " (Brown). Total length 

 about 15'5 inches, wing 9 # 4, tail 6, bill 1, tarsus 1*15. 



I lab. Duke of York Group. 



a. cf ad. sk. Duke of York Group (Rev. G. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brown). (Typ e of species. ) 



43. Carpophaga brenchleyi. 



Carpophaga brenchleyi, G. R. Gr. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) v. p. 328 

 (1870) (San Cristoval); id. Cruise of the ' Curacoa,' Birds, p. 388, 

 pi. xviii. (1873); Sclat. Ibis, 1874, p. 457: Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Gen. ix. p. 201, n. 44 (1876) ; id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. pp. 90, 550 

 (1882) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. vii. p. 35 (1882) ; Tristr. 

 Ibis, 1X8l\ pp. 140, 144; Grant. P. Z. S. 1888, pp. 186, 199 

 (Guadalcanar) ; Salvad. Menu R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 56 

 (At/ff. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 182) (1891). 



Ducu'la brenchleyi, G. It. Gr. Hand-list. iii. p. 195, n. 9198 (1870). 



Carpophaga blenchleyi (errore), Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 584 (1872). 



Adult. Head grey, lighter on the anterior part, and changing 

 into darker slaty grey on the hind neck and rest of the upper parts ; 

 throat, cheeks, and car-coverts vinous reddish, changing into greyish 

 vinous chestnut on the lower throat and crop-region, and into pur- 

 plish chestnut on the breast and abdomen ; under tail-coverts, like the 

 under surface of the tail cinnamon ; under wing-coverts cinnamon, 



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