2. CoTXMHA. :J17 



Adult male. Upper parts slate-grey, the edge? of the feather? 

 broader on the hind neck and mantle, with metallic-green reflections, 

 changing into purple-violet in some lights ; forehead distinctly grey : 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, and throat pure white; rest of the underparts 

 rich vinous, with some greenish reflections on the front neck and 

 crop-region ; under tail-coverts slate-grey ; primaries and tail slate- 

 black. Total length about 14'5 inches, wing 8 - 7, tail 5'5, hill 0-8, 

 tarsus 0*1. 



Female. Similar to the male, but duller and with the underparts 

 less vinous. 



Young. Similar to the female, but with the upper parts brown- 

 slate, and with the underparts rufous-brown, almost chestnut to- 

 wards the abdomen : " iris brown " (Layard). 



Hab. Fiji Islands — Ovalau, Wakaja, ilokani, Vanua Levu, 

 Taviuni. Lomaloma, ilango. Vita Levu, Kandavu. 



a-e. S $ ad. et Ovalau, Nov. (E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



juv. sk. 



f,y. cfad.sk. Kandavu. ' Challenger ' Exped. 



h, i. c? 2 ad. sk. Kandavu, Aug. (E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



jfc. (J ad. sk. Levuka, Aug. (E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Taviuni, Fiji (Liardet). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



m. 2 imm.sk. Rewa, Fiji ( V. Williamson). Tweeddale Coll. 



n. 5 imm. sk. Angua, Fiji. J. McGillivrav, Esq. 



[r.i. 



o. 3 ad. sk. Mt. Drekette, Fiji. Tweeddale Coll. 



p. $ ad. st. Ngau Is., Fiji {Ranger). Voy. of H.M.S. 



'Herald.' 



50. Columba leopoldi. 



Ianthcenas hvpoenochroa, Layard (nee Gould), Ibis, 1878, pp. 276, 

 280 (New" Hebrides). 



Ianthcenas leopoldi, Tristr. Ibis, 1870, p. 10:3 ( Vate Island, Xew 

 Hebrides); Rchnic. $ Schal. J.f. O. 1879, p. 424 ; SckmeUz, 

 Verh. Ver. Hamb. 1877 (1879), p. 78; Layard, Ibis, 1881, p. 136 

 ( Aneiteum) ; Wiylesw. Ares Polun. p. 53, n. 273 (1891). 



Carpophaga leopoldi, Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 42 (1889). 



Female (type). Upper parts slate-colour, with the edges of 

 the feathers of the crown, occiput, nape, back, and rump of an 

 amethyst-colour ; anterior half of the upper part of the head 

 uniform slate-colour, with no metallic edges ; throat and cheeks 

 whitish, powdered with grey : underparts slate-colour, with the 

 edges of the feathers dull rufous-chestnut ; the crop-region with 

 dark amethyst lustre ; sides, flanks, and under tail-coverts slate- 

 colour ; upper wing-coverts slate-colour, with the narrow metallic 

 edges lighter, and in some lights green ; quills and tail brown slate- 

 colour : " bill and legs coral-red ; iris red." Total length about 

 1 •">••"> inches, wing 9, tail Cv'2 (not 9-2 as stated by Canon Tristram), 

 bill 0*9, tarsus 1*2. (MttS. TristramA 



Hah. Xew Hebrides — Tate, Erromango, Ambrym, Mallicolo, St. 

 Bartholomew. S:mto. Api. and Aneiteum {Layard). 



