34. OTIDIPHAPS. 611 



1. Otidiphaps nobilis. 



Otidiphaps nobilis, Gould, Ann. 8f Mag. X. H. (4) v. p. 02 (1870) ; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1870, p. 4 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 157 ; G. R. Gr. Hand- 

 list, ii. p. 246, n. 9441 (1870) ; Gould, B. of As. pt. xxiii. pi. 7 

 (1871); Sclat. $ VAlb. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 559; Sclat. P. Z. S. 

 1873, p. 698 ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbia, p. 170 (1873) ; 

 Garrod, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 250 ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 776 (1875) ; 

 Becc. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 716 (1875); Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Gen. vii. p. 792 (1875), ix. p. 207, n. 84 (1876), x. p. 161 

 (1877) ; Meyer, Vogel-Skelet. t. viii. (pt. i., 1879) ; Rosenb. Malay. 

 Archip. p. 396 (1879) ; D'Alb. Xuova Guin. pp. 80, 582 (1880) ; 

 Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 188 (1882) ; Meyer, Sitzb. u. Abh. 

 Ges. Isis, 1884, Abh. i. p. 52 (nest & egg) (1883) ; Guillem. P. Z. S. 

 1885, p. 662; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 40 (1889) ; Salvad. Mem. R. 

 Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 65 (Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 191) (1891). 



Adult male. Head and occipital crest green-black ; hind neck 

 metallic bronze-green ; back and wings purple-chestnut ; mantle 

 near the nape with golden lustre ; rump purple, changing into 

 purple-blue on the lower part ; upper tail-coverts steel-blue black ; 

 lower fore neck, breast, and sides black -purple ; under tail-coverts 

 steel-blue black ; middle of the abdomen greenish black ; primaries 

 and their coverts brown -black ; outer webs of the secondaries 

 chestnut ; tail above black with a green lustre, underneath deep 

 black : " bill coral-red : tarsus in front yellow, behind purple ; toes 

 black ; irides red " (U Albertis). Total length about 21 inches, 

 wing 7'75, tail 8, bill 1, tarsus 2-3. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Bab. Western New Guinea and Batanta. 



a. Ad. sk. New Guinea. Gould Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



b. S ad. sk. New Guinea. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. <$ ad. sk. Passim, New Guinea, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Dr. A. B. Meyer). 



2. Otidiphaps cervicalis. 



( Hidipbaps nobilis, var. cervicalis, Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. iv. 



p. 470 (31st December, 1879) ; Sclat. $ Salv. Ibis, 1881, p. 179. 

 Otidiphaps cervicalis, Rams. op. cit., errata : Sclat. \ Salv. I. c. ; 



Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. pp. 190, 563 (1882) ; Sharpe, Journ. 



Linn. Soc, Zool. xvi. p. 447 (1882) ; id. in Gould's 11. New Guin. 



pt. xiii. pi. 1 (1882); Salvad. Aim. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii. p. 430, 



n. 23 (1882); Rains. Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. viii. pp. I»'>. l'7 (nest 



& egg) (1683) ; Pinsch \ Meyer, Zeitsckr.f. ges. Orn. 1886, p. 29; 



Hein. fy Rclunr. Xomencl. Max. Hcin. Orn. p. 2>7 (1890) ; Salvad. 



Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. (2) x. p. 826 (1891); id. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. 



Tor. (2) xlii. p. 66 [Agg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 191) (1891 1. 

 Otidiphaps regalis, Salv. \ Godm. Ibis, L880 (July), p. 364, pi. 11 ; 



Rc/iau: ,V Schal. J. f. O. 1881, p. 74 : Sclat. \ Salv. Ibis, 1881, 



p. 178; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 40 (1889). 



Ad all male. Head and occipital crest black; nape grey; back 

 and wings purple-chestnut; mantle near the nape with golden 



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