598 PERISTEK1D.E. 



p. 836, n. 80 (1875, 21 Nov.) (ad.) ; Salvad. op. cit. ix. pp. 44, 207, 



n. 80 (1876); Bams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 374 (1876); 



IS Alb. Sr Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xix. p. 146 (1879) ; I)' Alb. 



Nuova Gum. pp. 256, 278, 281, 528, 585, 588 (1880) ; Finsch, 



Fog. d. Siidsee, p. 19 (New Britain) (1884). 

 Pklogoenas margaritse, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. viii. p. 405 



(1876) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1877, p. Ill, n. 57. 

 Chalcophaps jobiensis, Salvad. Ami. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 207, n. 81 



(1876) ; Bams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 294 (1878), iv. 



p. 101, n. 176 (1879). 

 Phlogcenas jobiensis, Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. pp. 105, 561 



(1882) ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zovl. xvi. p. 446 (1882) : 



Finsch fy Meyer, Zeitsch: f. ges. Orn. 1886, p. 28 ; Tristr. Cat. 



Coll. B. p. 269 (1889) ; Hein. fy Bchmv. Komend. Mus. Hein. Orn. 



p. 287 (1890) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) ix. p. 589 (1890) ; 



id. Mem. B. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 63 (Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. 



p. 189) (1891). 

 Phlegcenas niargaretha?, Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 41 (1889) (Duke of 



York Island). 



Adult male. Upper part of the head, upper hind neck, and a sub- 

 ocular band from the base of the lower mandible to the nape black ; 

 lores, sides of the forehead, superciliary stripe, throat, and crop- 

 region pure white ; feathers of the lower hind neck, mantle, upper 

 back, scapulars, and upper wing-coverts brown-black, with beautiful 

 purple edges ; rump brown-black with purple reflections ; upper 

 tail-coverts almost black ; lower breast, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts slate-black, the feathers on the sides of the breast with 

 purple edges ; quills, primary-coverts, and under wing-coverts 

 brown-black ; under surface of the quills slate-black ; tail black : 

 " bill black : feet dull brown-red ; iris black " (D'Albertis). Total 

 length about 9-5 inches, wing 5'5. 



Female. Similar to the male, but with an olive tinge on the 

 lower back and rump ; the white on the head, throat, and breast 

 not so pure, and the black of the under surface more or less greyish. 



Young. Brown, with a slight olive tinge on the back, scapulars, 

 and rump ; the edges of the upper wing-coverts rufous ; throat 

 whitish ; the breast of a pale brown. 



Hob. New Guinea, Jobi, the Duke of York Island, and New 

 Britain. 



a. Ad. ak. New Guinea. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. Ad.sk, Mainland, S,E. Papua, Feb. Gould Coll. 



(Dr. James). 



c. Ad.sk. Port Moresby (Stone). Sharpe Coll. 



d. 1mm. sk. Port Moresby. J. Broadbent, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 e-h. Ad. etjuv. S.E. New Guinea (A. Goldic). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mts. [A. Goldie). Tweeddale Coll. 



k, I. Ak. sk. Astrolabe Mts. Dr. Bomilly [P.]. 



vi. Juv. sk. Sogeri, S.E. New Guinea, Oct. II. O. Forbes, Esq. 



[CJ- 

 n. Juv. sk. S.E. New Guinea. H. O. Forbes, Esq. 



[C.]. 



