512 PERISTERID.E. 



Av. ii. p. 92 (1854); id. Compt. Send. xl. pp. 209, 221, n. 277 



(1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil Ordre Pic/, pp. 48, 59, n. 277 (1855) ; 



Gould, Handb. P. Austr. ii. p. 119 (1865) ; Schleg. N. T. D. iii. 



pp. 265, 266 (1866) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 394 



(1876), ii. p. 195, n. 522 (1877) ; Masters, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. 



ii. p. 275 (1877) ; Rams. Tab. List, pp. 18, note 534 (1888). 

 Columba iavanicoides, Temm. Mus. Lugd. Jide Pp. Compt. Rend. 



xliii. p. '948 (1856). 

 Chalcophaps tiruorensis, Pp. Compt. Rend, xliii. pp. 948, 949 



(1856) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 486 ; id. Ibis, 1865, p. 393 ; id. 



J. f. O. 1866, p. 286 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 245, n. 9421 



(1870) ; Wald. Tr. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 222 (1875) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. 



P. p. 41 (1889) ; Hein. fy Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Om. 



p. 286 (1890). 

 Chalcophaps chrysochlora a. tirnorensis, Pp. Compt. Rend, xliii. 



p. 949 (1856). 

 Chalcophaps chrysochlora, var., G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 165 



(Tanna & Island of Nu). 

 Peristera moluccensis, part., Finsch, Neu-Guin. p. 179 (1865). 

 Chalcophaps indica, part., Schleg. 2V. T. D. iii. pp. 266, 345 (1866) ; 



id. Mus. P.-P. Columbse, pp. 145, 146, 149 (1873) ; Rosenb. Malay. 



Archip. p. 372 (1878). 

 Peristera chrysochlora, Rosenb. Reis naar Zuidoostereil. p. 81 



(1867). 

 Phaps timoriensis, Gieb. Thes. Om. i. p. 630 (1872). 

 ? Chalcophaps clnysochlora, var. sandwichensis, Rams. Pr. Linn. 



Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 288 (1878) (Vela Harbour, Sandwich I., New 



Hebrides), iii. p. 379 (1879) (New Hebrides). 



Adult male. Head, neck, upper back, breast, and abdomen vinous, 

 changing into vinous grey towards the abdomen : on the nape a 

 slight bluish tinge ; remainder as in C. indica : " bill red, with the 

 soft basal part yellowish : feet dull carmine ; iris dark brown " 

 (UAlbertis). Total length 9-5 inches, wing 6, tail 3-5, bill 0-62, 

 tarsus 1. 



Female. Similar to the male but duller ; the head, neck, upper 

 back, breast, and abdomen rufous brown, with scarcely any vinous 

 tinge ; greyish-white band on the shoulders as in the male ; under 

 tail-coverts rufous brown ; tail above chestnut-brown, the lateral 

 feathers with a black subapical band ; outer tail-feathers grey as in 

 the male. 



Young. Also the outer webs of the quills arc tinged with rufous 

 chestnut. 



Hub. Timor Group (Timor, Lettie, and Wetter, but not Flores), 

 Timor-laut, S.E. Moluccas (Banda, Kohr), Ke Islands, S.E. New 

 Guinea, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Australia, and Lord Howe 

 Island. 



The birds from the neighbourhood of Port Essington have 

 a longer bill (C. longirostris, Gould) ; also those from Timor-laut 

 have the bill longer than those from N. S. Wales. 



a-e. cT ? ad. sk. E. Timor. Wallace Coll. 



f. <$ ad. sk. E. Timor (Wallace). Gould Coll. 



g, h. <S ad. et juv. sk. E. Timor (Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



