356 cortniBiD-E. 



ix. p. 204, n. 65 (1876), x. p. 166 (1877), xii. p. 431 (1878); id. 



P. Z. S. 1878, p. 99 ; ? Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 103 



(Katau) (1878) ; If Alb. # Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen, xiv. p. 121 



(1879) ; JD'Alb. Niiova Guin. pp. 582, 588 (1880) ; Salvad. Voy. 



LkalL, Birds, p. 83 (1881) ; id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. pp. 141, 561 



(1882) ; Nehrh. J.f. O. 1885, p. 34 (Waigiou) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. 



B. p. 39 (1889) ; Hein, fy Rchnio. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. 



p. 278 (1890) ; Wardl. Rams. Ibis, 1890, p. 234 ; Salvad. Mem. 



R. Ac. Sc. lor. (2) xlii. p. 61 {Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 187) 



(1891). 

 Macropygia sp., Wall. Ann. $ Mag. N. H. (2) x. p. 473 (1857). 

 Macropygia phasianella, part., G. R. Gr. (nee. Temm.} P. Z. S. 1858, 



pp. 187, 196 (Aru Is.) ; id. Cat. B. New Gum. pp. 48, 61 (1859) ; 



id, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 437; Rchnb. Tauben, ii. p. 176 (1862); 



Rosenb. N. T. N. I. xxv. p. 249, n. 235 (1863) ; id. J. f. O. 1864, 



p. 133, n. 235 : Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 178 (part.) (1865) ; Wall. 



Ibis, 1865, p. 389, n. 81 (part.) ; id. J.f. O. 1866, p. 282 (part.) ; 



Rosenb. Reist. naar Geelvinkb. p. 117 (1875). 

 Macropygia turtur, part., Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbse, pp. 110, 113 



and follow, (specim. from Aru, Guebeh, Salawatti, Mysol, New 



Guinea, Soek) (1873); Cab. 8? Rclmic.J.f. O. 1876, p. 325 (part.) ; 



Rosenb. Malay. Archip. pp. 372, 561 (1879). 

 Macropvgia griseinucua, part., Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 204, 



n. 66'(Jobi, Misori) (1876). 

 ? Macropygia batchianensis, Hein. <§• Rehuc. (nee Wall.) Nomencl, 



Mus. Rein. Orn. p. 278 (Mysol) (1890). 



Adult male. Upper parts chestnut-brown ; head vinous, top of tbe 

 head and occiput tinged with greyish ; front part of the head and 

 throat pale rufous ; nape and upper mantle bright metallic green, 

 more or less with purple reflections ; beneath the throat and breast 

 rich vinaceous with purple reflections, each feather with two dark 

 blackish cross-bars, blending into tawny buff on the abdomen and 

 deepening into cinnamon on the vent and under tail-coverts ; under 

 wing-coverts, axillaries, and tibial feathers chestnut ; three outer 

 tail-feathers cinnamon with a subapical blackish band : bill dark ; 

 feet red. Total length about 15 inches, wing 6-5, tail 7*4, bill 0-6, 

 tarsus 0-85. 



Male and female, sexed by Beccari, alike in the Museum of Turin. 



Adult female (Aru). General colour above chestnut-brown ; head 

 reddish chestnut ; upper surface brown ; feathers tipped with 

 chestnut, broadly so on wing-coverts ; the nape and mantle paler, 

 barred with dark metallic green and rufous ; beneath rufous, very 

 faintly barred and freckled, especially on the breast, deepening to 

 cinnamon on the vent, flanks, and under tail-coverts. 



Young (Aru). Similar to the female, but more mottled and freckled 

 above with rufous and brown ; the brown bars on the nape and 

 mantle have no metallic green lustre ; upper wing-coverts broadly 

 edged with cinnamon, quills more narrowly so ; beneath the breast- 

 feathers are brown, edged with cinnamon. 



Hab. New Guinea, with the surrounding North-western Islands — 

 Waigiou, Guebeh, Batanta, Sulawatty, Mysol, Mysori, and Jobi, and 

 also Aru Islands. 



