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52. Columba pallidiceps. 



Ianthoenas pallidiceps, limns. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. IV. ii. p. 248 

 (1877) (Duke of York Islands) (ef. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. i. 

 p. 374) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 125 (1882). 



" Like /. metallicus (sic), Temm., but having the whole head and 

 throat white. 



" The whole of the head and throat white, with a faint opaline 

 rosy tint in certain lights ; the quills of the wings and tail, the 

 primary-coverts above, the under wing-eoverts, outer series of the 

 under tail-coverts slaty black ; the neck and all the upper and 

 under surface of the body, upper tail- and wing-coverts slaty black 

 at the base, but broadly margined at the tips of the feathers with a 

 rich opaline rosy tint, greenish in reflected lights. The basal por- 

 tion of the bill, bare space round the eye, and the cere red : tip of 

 the bill horn-yellow ; legs and feet red, claws yellow at the base, 

 brownish at the tip. Total length 1G inches ; wing 9 ; tail 5 ; 

 tarsus Tl : bill from forehead 1*4 (!), from gape T5, from cere 

 075." (Ramsay.) 



Hal). Duke of York Islands. 



Unknown to me. 



53. Columba philippana. 



Ianthoenas philippana? (!), Rams, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi.p. 721 

 (1881), vii. pp. 38, (369 (Ugi, St. Cristoval) (1882) ; Nature, 

 vol. 25, p. 282 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii. p. 429, n. 13 

 (1882) ; id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 560 (1882) ; Rchmc. 8c Schal. 

 J. f. O. 1883, p. 404; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. 

 p. 59 (Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 185) (1891). 



Adult male. " The head, nape, throat, and upper part of the 

 neck French grey with an opaline rosy lustre ; the wings and tail 

 above and below blackish slate-blue, almost black ; all the rest of 

 the plumage light bluish slate-colour, burnished with metallic 

 reflection of rich green and pale rose. The upper and under wing- 

 and tail-coverts like the wings and tail, but margined with the 

 same metallic colours as the bedy ; in reflected light the tint is rich 

 rose, by transmitted light rich bright green : ' bill coral-red, feet 

 bright deep yellow ; iris rich yellow, skin round the eye above 

 reddish yellow, below light bluish grey' (A. Morton). Total 

 length 15'2 inches: wing 9-5; tail 6; tarsus 1*2; bill from fore- 

 head 1*3 (!), from nostrils 0-S, from gape 1-4." (Ramsay.) 



"Although closely allied to Ianthoenas pallidiceps, it differs from 

 the type in the ground or non-metallic colours of the feathers of 

 the body being light slate-blue, and not blackish brown, and the 

 rose-colour of a much brighter tint, not inclining to purple." 

 I Ramsay.) 



Hah. Ugi, Solomon Islands. 



Unknown to me. 



