1. GOTJRA. 623 



3. Goura albertisii. 



Goura scheepmakeri, Salvad. fy If Alb. (nee Finsch) Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Gen. vii. p. 837 (1875) ; Finsch, Vog. d. Siidsee, p. 29 (Port 



Moresby) (1884, nee 1875) ; Salvad. Ibis, 1884, p. 355. 

 Goura albertisii, Salvad. Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. xi. pp. 628, 680, 



t. vii. (1876); id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 208, n. 87 (1876); 



Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 394 (1876) ; D'Alb. Sydn. 



Mail, 1877, p. 248 ; id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 18 (1877) ; 



Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiii. pp. 318. 503 (1877) ; Rams. 



Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. pp. 104, 294 (1878), iv. p. 101, n. 178 



(1879); Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Sue, Zool. xiv. p. 688 (1879); 



D'Alb. Nuova Gum. pp. 187, 280, 585 (1880) ; Salvad. Orn. 



Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 202 (1882) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 



viii. p. 26 (1883) (eggs) ; id. Ibis, 1884, p. 356 : id. Aim. Mus. Civ, 



Gen. (2) ix. p. 590 (1890), x. p. 826 (1891) ; id. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. 



Tor. (2) xlii. p. 66 (Ayg. Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 192) (1891). 

 Goura, or Lopkvrus coronata, var. d'albertisii, Rams. Pr. Linn. 



Soc. N. S. W. \. p. 387 (1876). 



Adult male. General colour bluish slate-grey ; head and neck 

 lighter ; crest light bluish grey, with the tips of the feathers paler 

 grey; chin, lores, and periophthalmic region black ; lower fore neck, 

 breast, and sides purple-chestnut with a greyish wash ; upper breast 

 brighter ; vent aud under tail-coverts bluish slate-grey : smaller and 

 median wing-coverts like the back, with no chestnut edges ; greater 

 wing-coverts pale grey, forming a broad speculum on the wing, 

 and tipped with broad chestnut spots ; tail like the back, but with 

 a broad pale grey band at the tip : " bill grey ; feet dark [purple] 

 red, toes paler; irides red" (D'Albertis). Total length 33-40- 

 29-47 inches, wing 15-72-15-55, tail 11-79-11-61, bill 1-41-1-25, 

 tarsus 3-75. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but the chestnut spots at the tip of 

 the greater upper wing-coverts smaller or wanting altogether. 



Ilab. S.E. jNew Guinea. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Port Moresby (A. Goldie). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Port More>bv. Gould Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Cloudy Bay." Sir J. Ingliam [P.]. 



4. Goura scheepmakeri. 



Goura scheepmakeri, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 631, pi. 68 (type 

 examined) ; Salvad. Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. xi. p. 624 and follow., 

 p. 674 aud follow. (1876) ; id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 208, 

 n. 88 (1876); id. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 204 (1882); id. Ibis, 

 1884, p. 356 ; id. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 66 (Agg. Orn. 

 Pap. e Mol. p. 192 (1891). 



Type. Bluish slate-colour ; crest uniform bluish slate without 

 paler tips ; periophthalmic region black ; chin and frontal edge 

 blackish ; lower fore neck and breast purple-chestnut ; speculum 

 on the wings, formed by the greater wing-coverts, aud apical band of 



