522 



PERISTERIDJE. 



k, I. tf ad. et J Dorey. Wallace Coll. 



juv. (Tvpes of C. hombrom, Wall.) 



m. J ad. sk. N.W. New Guinea. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



n. 2 imm. sk. Amberbaki, N.W. New Gui- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



nea, May. 

 o. 2 ad. sk. Port Moresby (A. Goldie). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



p. § ad. sk. Port Moresby. J. Broadbent, Esq. 



[C.l 

 q. $juv.sk. S.E. New Guinea. T. Hunstein, Esq. 



[0.]. 

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



s. d ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea (A. Goldie). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



t, u. S 2 ad. sk. Aru Islands (?). Gould Coll. 



v, w, x. J $ ad. sk. Duke of York Is. {Rev. G. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Brown). 

 y,~. 6 2 ad. sk. Duke of York Is. (Rev. G. Tweeddale Coll. 



Brown) . 



0. Chalcophaps mortoni. 



Chalcophaps chrvsocblora, Rams, (nee Gould) Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. If. 



iv. p. 73, n. 25 (1879) (Guadalcanal ; Tristr. Ibis, 1882, p. 144, 



n. 35, p. 146. 

 Cbalcophaps mortoni, Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi. p. 725 (1881 ) ; 



id. (>) Nature, vol. 25, pp. 282, 355; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 



xviii. p. 429, n. 21 (1882) ; id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 562 (1882) ; 



Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. pp. 37, 667 ( 3 ) (1882) (Solomon 



Isls.); Salvad. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 64 (Agg. Orn. 



Pap. e Mol. p. 190) (1891). 

 Chalcophaps stephani, Grant (nee P. § J.), P. Z. S. 1888, p. 201 



(Aola, Guadalcanar). 



There is a single specimen, a female, in the collection, and after 

 examining it, I should say that the species from the Solomon Islands 

 is really distinct from C. stephani ; it is a much larger bird, and the 

 lead-grey colour of the forehead of the female is more extended, 

 reaching the middle of the crown, and the brown-chocolate colour 

 of the hind head, nape, and back is darker : " bill yellow ; legs red ; 

 iris brown " ( Woodford). Total leDgth about 10'5'inch.es, wing 6"4, 

 tail 3-6, bill 0-70, tarsus 1-5. 



The adult male is described by Mr. Ramsay as having the fore- 

 head white as far as the eyes ; rest of the head and ear-coverts dull 

 plum-colour, the hind neck and interscapular region and shoulders 

 vinaceous purple tinged with rosy violet ; remainder of the plumage 

 as in the female. 



Hub. Guadalcanar, Solomon Islands. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Aola, Guadalcanar, May. C. M. Woodford [P.]. 



19. CALOPELIA. 



Type. 



Calopelia, Salvad. MS. C. puella 



Range. Confined to Western Africa. 





