6. MACROPYGIA. 359 



rufous on the forehead and throat, and from the latter in having a 

 much deeper colouring on the underparts. Size of M. doreya. 



/■'< male. Scarcely different from that of M. doreya. 



Hob. S.E. New Guinea. 



a. d ad. sk. Vicinity of Port Moresby, Salvin-Godman"| 



S.E. "New Guinea (A. Coll. I m , 



Goldie). LTyP? 8 of 



b,c. c? 2 ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea (A. Tweeddale | s P ecjes - 



Goldie). Coll. J 



d. 2 ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea. Sharpe Coll. 



e,f. <$ 2 ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea. Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



23. Macropygia carteretia. 



Macropygia carteretia, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 57 (New Ireland) (1854) 

 (types examined) ; id. Cotnpt. Rend, xxxix p. 1112 (1854), xl. 

 p. 219, n. 163 (1855) ; id. Coup dceil Ordre Pic/, pp. 28, 57, n. 163 

 (1855) ; G. R. Or. Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 43 (1859) ; Eehnb. Tauben, 

 i. p. 87 (1862) ; Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 390; id. J.f. O. 1866, p. 282; 

 G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 237, n. 9301 (1870) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. 

 ii. p. 517 (1875) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 204, n. 69 

 (1876) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1877, p. Ill, 1879, p. 447 (New Britain) : 

 Finsch, Ibis, 1881, p. 539; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 138 

 (1882) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1889, p. 558 ; id. Cat. Coll. B. p. 39 (1889) ; 

 Wardl. Rams. Ibis, 1890, p. 238 ; Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. 

 (2) xlii. p. 60 (Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 186) (1891). 



Macropygia cateretia {sic), Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 374 

 (1876). 



Macropygia turtur, part., Cab. 8>- Rchnw. J. f. O. 1876, p. 325 (New 

 Hanover). 



Macropygia amboinensis, part., Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. 77". iii. 

 p. 293 (1878). 



? Macropygia doreya, Finsch (nee Bp.), P. Z. S. 1879, p. 13 (Dnke 

 qf York Island). 



? Macropygia nigrirostris, De Vis (nee Salvad.), Ann. Rep. Brit. New 

 Gain. p. 62 (St. Aignan, Rossel Island) (1890); id. Colon. Papers, 

 n. L03, p. 110 (1890) ; id. Ibis, 1891, p. 41. 



Adult male. Head rufous vinous, paling on the forehead, cheeks, 

 and throat, which are of a buff-white ; nape vinaceous, with the 

 edges of the feathers metallic green or amethyst ; remaiudcr of 

 the upper parts brown- chestnut ; beneath pale buff, breast clear 

 vinaceous, with the edges of the feathers almost whitish ; abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts of a pale rufous ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaris cinnamon; tail as in the allied species : bill dusky ; feet 

 red ; " irides with an outer ring red, and the inner one blue " 

 (HuesJcer). Total length about 15-5 inches, wing 7*1, tail 8 - 5 to 9, 

 bill 0-05, tarsus 0-S5. 



/•' male. Similar to that of the allied species, and differing 

 from the male in having the whole of the upper part of the head 

 cinnamon, the nape with brown and rufous bars, with a slight 

 green lustre on the brown bars, and the underparts much more 

 rufous. 



