17. MYRISTICIVORA. 229 



Tweedd. Voy. Challeng., Birds, p. 23 (1881) ; Salvad. ibid. p. 71 

 (1881) ; Tweedd. Orn. Works, pp. 184, 380, 412, 460, 462, 474, 573, 

 643 (1881) ; Wardl. Rams. Tweedd. Orn. Works, App. p. 659 

 (1881) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 107 (1882) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 

 1883, pp. 51, 195, 200 (Timor Laut) ; Kutter, J.f. 0. 1883, p. 315 

 (Philippines) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 433 ; Meyer, Sitzb. u. Abh. 

 Ges. Isis, 1884, Abh. i. p. 6 ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 271 (Sulu), 



?. 416 (Silarn), pp. 558, 575 (part.) ; Bias. Zeitschr. f. d. ges. Orn. 

 886, p. 197 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) iv. p. 559 (1887) 



(Nias) ; Bias. Ornis, iv. p. 617 (1888) ; Pelz. $r Lorenz, Ann. Naturh. 



Hofmus. iii. p. 47 (1888) ; He in. 8f Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 



Orn. p. 291 (1890) ; Steere, List Philipp. B. p. 24 (1890) ; Hartert, 



Kat. Voyelsamml. p. 190 (1891) ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. 



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

 Myristicivora luctuosa, Bp. {nee Reimv.) Consp. Av. ii. p. 37 (syn. 



emend.) (1854) ; id. Compt. Rend, xxxix. p. 1078 (1854), xl. 



p. 217, n. 99 (1855) ; id. Coup oVceil Ordre Pig. pp. 18, 55, n. 99 



(1855). 

 Carpophaga luctuosa, Moll, fy Dilho. (nee Reimv.) Contr. Nat. 



Hist, of Lab. p. 31 (1855); G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbse, 



p. 20 (part. ?) (1856) ; Rosenb. N. T. N. I. xxv. p. 249, n. 224 



(1863) ; id. J. f. O. 1864, p. 132, n. 224; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i.p.586 



(part.) (1872)'; Rosenb. Malay. Archip. p. 220 (1878). 

 Carpophaga littoralis, Hart I. J.f 0. 1855, p. 319 (Nicobars); Finsch, 



Neu-Guin. p. 178 (1865); Rosenb. Versl. Eil. Nias, p. 20 (— ?) 



id. Malay. Archip. p. 108 (1878). 

 Carpophaga alba, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 361. 

 Muscadivora bicolor, Schley. Dierent. p. 210 (1864). 

 Myristicivora spilorrhoa, Whitely (nee Gr.), in Gum. Ibis, 1891, 



p. 275' (Nicobars). 

 Mvristicivora melanura, part., Bias. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 709 (Ceram) ; 



Bernst. Dayboek, pp. 127, 160 (Ramoi, Kalwal) (1883) ; Nehrk. 



(nee Gray) J. f O. 1885, p. 34 (Waigiou) ; Salvad. Ibis, 1886, 



p. 153. 



Adult male. White with a creamy tinge ; winglet, primary- 

 coverts, primaries, and secondaries black ; tertiaries white ; terminal 

 portion of the tail black, the black occupying about half the central 

 feathers, decreasing in extent towards the outer feathers, and on 

 the outermost pair covering merely a small portion of the tip and 

 part of the outer web, which towards the tip is white, edged with 

 black ; under tail-coverts white or with irregular black spots : 

 M leg* and feet smalt-blue ; bill leaden blue, tho tip darkish horny or 

 dark plumbeous ; irides dark brown " (Davison). Length 16 inches, 

 wing 9, tail 5, bill - S, tarsus 1*2. 



Female. Like the male. 



Huh. The Indian portion of the Malay Archipelago from Mergui 

 and the Andamans and Nicobars as far east as the Philippines, and 

 as far south as Java, and also the Australian portion of the same 

 Archipelago, where it meets tho other allied species. 



a Ad. sk. Cochin China, Jan. Mr. St. Pierre [P.] 



b, c. Ad. sk. Siam. Purchased. 



d. Ad. sk. Prov. Wellesley. Purchased. 



e,f,g. Ad.sk. Malacca (Maingay). Tweeddale Coll. 



