618 



PERISTERID.E. 



s', t'. 3 5 ad. sk. Credner Is., Oct ( T. Klein- Sharpe Coll. 



schmidt). 

 u', v'. Ad. st. Louisiade Archipelago (J. Mc- Voyage of H.M.S. 



GiUivray). ' Rattlesnake.' 



w', x'. c? ad. sk. Bramble Haven, Louisiade Sir J. Ingram [P.]. 



Archipelago. 

 y ' . Ad. sk. [Assam] (McClelland), 



z. Ad. st. [China.] 



a". Juv. sk. 



b". Skeleton. 



[China.] 



India Museum. 



J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



[P.]. _ (Type of C. 



gouldice, Gray.) 

 'Challenger' Exped. 



[C.]. 



2. Calcenas pelewensis. 



Caloenas nicobarica, var. pelewensis, Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. iv. 

 p. 159 (Vog. d. Palau-Gruppe, p. 27) (1875) ; Pelz.fy Lor. Ann. 

 Naturh. Hofmus. iii. p. 49 (1888). 



Similar to C. nicobarica, but smaller, and with the general colour 

 indigo-blue, instead of metallic green with coppery reflections ; the 

 feathers of the back, scapulars, and upper wing-coverts metallic 

 green, with steel-blue tips ; on the wing-coverts the blue predomi- 

 nates so much that nearly the whole of the upper surface of the 

 wings appears of a blue colour ; also the feathers of the rump and 

 the upper tail- coverts have very broad steel-blue tips ; head and 

 neck blackish ; tail white. Total length about 11 inches, wing 9, 

 tail 3, bill 0-95, tarsus 1-55. 



Hab. Pelew Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. 



Telew Islands. 



Cohen [C] 



