316 COLUUBIDJS. 



parts chestnut-purple, with metallic-purple edges, especially to the 

 feathers of the upper part of the head, neck, and crop-region ; rest 

 of the upper parts dark slate-grey, with broad metallic-green edges 

 and purple reflections to the feathers of the hack and rump ; the 

 smaller upper wing-coverts with narrow metallic edges ; primaries 

 slate-brown ; tail almost black, under tail-coverts dark grey, washed 

 with chestnut ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and throat pure white : " bill 

 pink with grey-buff tip ; eyelids, legs, and feet pink ; claws drab ; 

 iris raw sienna " (Layard). Total length 16 inches, wing 9 - 5, tail 

 6 - 5, bill 0-8, tarsus 1-1. 



Female. Differs from the male in having the head and neck with 

 no chestnut-purple colour, but slate-black with the edges of the 

 feathers metallic-purple, more or less with green reflections ; the 

 underparts also are much duller, having the feathers slate-grey, 

 edged with chestnut ; under tail-coverts dark grey, more or less 

 washed with chestnut ; cheeks and throat white, finely powdered 

 with grey. 



Hah. Isle of Pines, Xew Caledonia, and Loyalty Islands (Lif'u 

 and Mare). 



a. Ad. sk. Isle of Pines, Oct. J. McGillivray, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



b, c. 2 a d. sk. Noumea, Xew Caledonia, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



July. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Xew Caledonia, May. J. McGillivrav, Esq. [CI 



e. Ad. sk. Loyalty Is. Rev. J. S. Whitmee [C.j. 



49. Coluniba vitiensis. 



Columba vitiensis, Quoy 6]- Gaim. Voy. Astrol., Zool. i. p. 246, 

 pi. xxviii. (1830) ; Peak, U.S. Expl. Exp , Birds, p. 187 (1848) ; 

 Marti. Archiv f. Nature/. 1852. pp. 114, 134; id. J. f. 0.1854, 

 p. 169 : Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, p. 232 ; id. U.S. Expl. 

 Exp., Birds, 2nd ed. p. 251 (1858) ; Hartl, Ibis, 1864, p. 232 ; 

 Finsch &,- Hartl. Fauna Centralpolyn., Orn. pp. 137, 279, t. xi. f. 2 

 (1867); Layard, P. Z. S. 1S75, pp. 30, 151, 430, 437; id. Ibis, 

 1876, p. 392; Cab. $ Echnw. J.f. O. 1870, p. 325 (Ovalau) ; 

 Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 736 (Kandavu) ; Nehrk. J. f. 0. 1879, 

 p. 407 (egg); Finsch, Toy. Challenq., Birds, p. 51 (1881) ; Echnw. 

 J. f. O. 1891, p. 127. 



Carpophaga vitiensis, G. E. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 409. n. 26 (1844) ; 

 Echnb. Syn. Av. Columbaria?, f. 1288 (1847); G. E. Gr. List B. 

 Brit, Mas. Coluniba?., p. 23 (1856); Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 588 

 (1872) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 43 (1889). 



Janthcenas vitiensis, Echnb. Av. Syst, Nat, p. xxv (1852) ; Bp. Compt, 

 Bend, xxxix. p. 1105 (1854), xl. p. 218, n. 124 (1855) ; id. Coup d'a-il 

 Ordr. Piy. pp. 21. m. n. 124 (1855) : Echnb. Tauben,\. p. 118, t. 231. 

 £ 1288 (1862), ii. p. 183 (1862) ; G. E. Gr. Hand-list. ii. p. 230, 

 n. 9211 (1870); Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columba?, p. 77 (1873); 

 North, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) ii. p. 448 (1887); Wiylesw. 

 Ares Polynes. p. 53, 11. 274 (1891). 



Jantluenas vitiensis, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 44 (1854). 



Carpophaga (Ianthcenas) vitiensis, G. E. Gr. Li*t B. Trop. Id. 

 p. 42 (1859) ; Earns. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 76 (1875). 



Columba viticensis {sic), Blyfli, Ibis. 1870, p. 173. 





