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COLUMBIDJE. 



Macropygia arnboinensis, part., Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 517 (1875) ; 

 ?Hein. fy Rclinw. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 278 (Celebes). 



Adult male. Similar to the male of 31. amboinensis, but much 

 smaller, head much paler, with the forehead whitish buff, and with 

 the bind part greyish brown ; nape and mantle more golden green ; 

 vinous tinge of the breast sharply denned above from the rufous 

 throat ; under tail-coverts paler rufous and minutely mottled with 

 brown ; primaries, as in 31. amboinensis, scarcely edged with rufous 

 on the inner web ; tail as in the allied species, only somewhat 

 darker : " bill and feet dusky purple ; iris pinky pearl colour " 

 (Wallace). Total length about 14 inches, wing 6-1 to 6"6, tail 7'6 

 to 8, bill 0-55, tarsus 0-85. 



Female. Similar to that of 31. amboinensis, but darker, with the 

 cheeks more rufous ; beneatb rufous, almost unbarred ; under tail- 

 coverts faintly mottled with brown. 



Young. Resembles more or less the female. 



Hub. Celebes, Sula Islands, and Togian Islands. 



Birds from Sula Islands are a trifle smaller : win"' about G incbes. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. 5 ad. sk. 



c. Imm. sk. 



d. e. 3 ad. et 

 <5 juv. sk. 



/. <S ad. sk. 

 g. S juv. sk. 

 h. Imm. sk. 

 i, k. c? ad. et 5 



imm. sk. 

 1. 2 imm. sk. 

 m. $ imm. sk. 

 n. Skeleton. 



Celebes. 

 Celebes. 

 N. Celebes. 

 Tondauo, N. Celebes. 



Menado, N. Celebes. 



Makassar. 



No locality. 



Sula Is. ( Wallace). 



Sula Is. 



Sula Is. ( Wallace). 



Menado, X. Celebes. 



"Wallace Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Wallace Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Wallace Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Wallace Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



16. Macropygia sanghirensis. 



Macropygia turtur, part., Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columbas, p. Ill 



(Sanghir and Siao) (1873). 

 Macropygia, sp., Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 62 (1876) ; id. 



Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. xiii. p. 1186 (note) (1878). 

 Macropygia sanghirensis, Salvad. Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. xiii. p. 1185 



(1878) ; Meyer, Sitzb. u. Abh. Ges. Isis, 1884, Abb. i. p. 6 ; Bias. 



Braunschw. Am. 1888, pp. 9, 86; id. Muss's Isis, 1888, p. 78; id. 



Ornis, 1888, p. 619, pi. iii. ; Wardl. Rams. Ibis, 1890, p. 233. 



Adult male. Similar to that of 31. albieapilla, but larger, and 

 easily distinguished by its darker colour, almost purplish brown 

 above, the head more cinereous on the hind part ; bright metallic 

 amethyst on the mantle, with bronzy green reflections, faintly 

 continued across the breast ; beneath more boldly' barred ; throat 

 greyish buff, as in 31. albieapilla, in sharp contrast to the 

 barred breast ; tail very dark chestnut. Best as in 31. albieapilla. 

 Total length about 15 inches, wing 7, tail 8, bill 0-58, tarsus 0-95. 



