21. pdaps. 525 



P. Z. S. 1885, p. 6G2 ; Finsch 8>- Meyer, Zeitschr.f. ges. Orn. 1880, 



p. 28; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 40 (1889); Hein. $ Rchnw. 



Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 280 (1890) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Gen. (2) x. p. 820 (1891) ; id. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 65 



(Affg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 191 (1891). 

 Rynchsenaa [sic) schlegeli, Rosenb. N. T. N. I. xxix. p. 143 (1862). 

 Rhyncluenas schlegelii, Rose?ib. Reis naar Zuidoostereil. p. 50 (1867). 



Adult male. Forehead white, more or less tinged with buff ; rest of 

 the head, neck, breast, and abdomen dark purple vinous, tinged with 

 greyish on the latter ; mantle and scapulars black with a green 

 lustre ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts slate-black : 

 smaller wing-coverts black, edged with dark chestnut ; the median 

 and the inner greater wing-coverts golden bronze, edged with dark 

 chestnut ; the tertials metallic green on the outer webs ; bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, outer greater wing-coverts, under wing- 

 coverts, quills, and tail dark slate-black ; vent and under tail-coverts 

 chestnut: "bill black; feet red; iris black" (D'Albertis). Total 

 length about 13-6 inches, wing 7"25, tail 5-25, bill 1-24, tarsus 1-12. 



Female. Like the male. 



Young. Wants the metallic colour on the wings. 



Bab. New Guinea and the western Papuan Islands — Waigiou, 

 Ghemien, Salawatti, and Aru Islands. 



In some specimens the metallic colour on the wings has a blue 

 tinge. 



a-d. Ad. et juv. New Guinea. Wallace Coll. (Types 



sk. et st. of species.) 



e. Imni. sk. New Guinea ( Wallace). Gould Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. N.W. New Guinea (L. La- Tweeddale Coll. 



glaize). 



q. 2 ad. sk. Andai, N.W. New Guinea, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Feb. 



h. 5 juv. sk. Nusuru, N.W. New Guinea, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Jan. 



i. Ad. sk. Vicinity of Port Moresby Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(A Goldie). 



k. Ad. sk. Port Moresby. J. Broadbent, Esq. 



[C]- 



/. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mts. (A. Goldie). Tweeddale Coll. 



m. $ ad. sk. Mainland of S.E. New Guinea. C. Hunstein,Esq.[C.]. 



n, o. Ad. sk. S.E. New Guinea {A. Goldie). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



p. .Yd. sk. Gould Coll. 



21. PHAPS. 



Type. 

 Phaps, Selby, Natural. Libr., Pigeons, p. 194 (1835) . P. chalcoptera. 

 lVi'istti',1. Su: (nee Boic) Class. 11. ii. p. 349 (1837) . . P. chalcoptera. 

 ( losmopelia, Sunder. Tent. p. 100 (1872) P. elegans. 



Range, Australia and Tasmania. 



Key to tin Species. 



a. Throat white ; breast vinous chalcoptera. p. 526. 



b. Throat chestnut ; breast grey elegans, p. 527. 



