6. MACROPYGIA. 3(J3 



I. 6 ad. sk. New Ireland, Nov. {Rev. G. Tweeddale Coll. 



Brown), 

 m. 6 ad. sk. New Britain, Nov. II,, j. Kleinschmidt 



[C.]. 



20. Macropygia rufo-castanea. 



Macropygia, sp., Mams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. p. 73 (Lango, 

 Guadalcanal') (1879) ; Salvad. Ibis, 1880, p lo 8 l V 



Macropygia rufo-castanea, Hams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S W iv n 314 

 (June 26, 1879), m pp. 37, 673 (Solomon Id.) (1882) ; Rchnw. $ 

 r'n'n^A - 1 ^ P-" 7 ' 8alvad - Om. Pap. I MoCm. pp. 14'.., 

 ft A ^ ;f Y 7^' P - ? * l887 'P- 332 (Alu), 1888, p 200 

 (Aola); Wardl. Hams. Ibis, 1890, p. 229 ; ,y«W. Jlfoi &. ^ ft 

 Ac. Zo,\ (2) xln. p. 63 {Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 189) (1891) 



Mac^vgia arossi, Tristr. Ibis, October 1879, p. k 3 : Sal rad.' Ibis, 



Macropygia castanea (errore), Salvad. Ibis, 1880, pp 1<>8 131 

 Macropygia crossi (sic), Tristr. Ibis, 1882, p. lU,n. 83 ;' Mams. ibid. 



Macropygia arossiana , ZW*. Cbfc Cbft 2?. p. 39 (1889); ft iM, 

 lbUJ, p. 2<J/ (Bugotu, Solomon Isl.). 



Adult female Above rufous chestnut, paler or cinnamon beneath 

 paler still on the throat ; crop-feathers forked as in M rufa black 

 at base and tipped with cinnamon; quills and primary-coverts 

 brown-black, tho inner webs towards the base, like the under win<*- 

 coverts cinnamon ; tail rufous chestnut, brighter on the outer pair 

 ot leathers ; the three outer pairs have a dark subterminal band 

 extending towards the base of the inner web : » iris orange • bill 

 black; feet red" ( Woodford). Total length U-fi to 12 inches 

 wmg 5-7, tail 0-3, bill 0-47, tarsus 0-75. 



Young female. Head-feathers blackish at base, and with a black 

 spot on either web ; upper wing-coverts brown, with broad rufous- 

 emnamon tips ; some slight indication of dark bars near the tip of 

 the tertials ; tail-feathers more pointed ; crop-feathers not forked. 



-Hie adult male is unknown to me. 



Hab. Solomon Islands. 



d Vi, ? a i d Ct j ' lV - Sk - Guadalcanar. C. M. Woodford, Esq. [0.1. 



• d J m • 8kl Ala. ( !. M . Woodford, Esq. [O.j. 



27. Macropygia rufa. . 

 ■ ^'<;-yy^. s,, Tristr. Ens L876, p. 264 (Aneiteum) : id. Cat. 



CoU. 5. p. 89 (Aneiteum, X. Eebrides, IngUs\ (1879) 

 Macropygia rufe, Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 287 ( 

 l;,'>:;n'.ah Harbour, Sandwich [.); Tristr. Z&V1879, pp\ 194 

 1881 ;, m ";V, ^ Aneiteum)^. L. C. A- E. ,.. Layard, Ibis', 

 r ■ ' ' >. , -/=/ i, ferTu g mea « Mrst.*) : Rams. Ibis, 1882, p. 344 • 

 Tnstr. Cat Cott. IS. p. 39 | L889) ; Wardl. Rams. Ibis, 1896\p. 227- 



/I lil/rsir J« T.J .> r i ..-.. ...... '1' — ' I 



it l Sm"."i '',"•','' ''''Iv "j "■ W • ll,S a ,hort ,:,il : Columba brachyura.&c ; and 

 >t is stated to be allied to O. . „ hioh i= a PM* ,.«, • ' ' ' aBa 



