84 TRER0XIDJ5. 



The eggs of Swainson's Fruit-Pigeon in tlie Collection measure 

 respectively : 1-2 by -87 ; 1-26 by -87. They have only a faint 

 gloss. 



1. Cape York, N. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



Ptilopus ewingi, Gould. 



Ptilinopus ewiugli, Gould, Handb. Birds AuMr. ii. p. 107 (ISfi.j). 

 Ptilopus ev^'m^], Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. x.\i. p. 96 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Rand-l. 1. p. 57 (1899). 



The eggs of Ewing's Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection are gloss- 

 less and measure respectively : 1"15 by '79 ; 1*22 b}' '85. 



1. Somerset, Cape York, 3rd Dec. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [CI. 



1. Somerset, 8th Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 



Ptilopus fasciatus, Feale. 



Ptilonopus fasciatus, Finsch cS- Bartl. Faima Centralpohjn. p. llo, t. ii. 



tip. 3 (1867) ; Whitmee, Ibis, 187o, p. 442. 

 Ptilopus fasciatus, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 98 (1893) : Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1899). 



The eggs of the Banded Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection are 

 without gloss, and measure respectively : 1'28 by "88 ; 1'27 by "92. 



1. Samoa, Sept. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [P-l- 



1. Samoa, Oct. Ptev. S. J. Whitmee [P.]. 



Genus LAMPROTRERON, Bp. 

 Lamprotreron superba {Temm. Sf Knip). 



Lamprotreron superbus, Gould, Handh. Birds Ausfr. ii. p. 108 (1865) : 

 CampheU, Nests ^ Egqs Anstr. Birds, p. 48 (1883) ; North, Nests S: 

 Ff/ffs Austr. Birds, Y>.' -269 (\SS9). 



Ptilopus superbus, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 1151 (1887) ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 112 (1893). 



Jjamia-otreron superba, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 58 (1899). 



The egg of the Superb Fruit- Pigeon in the Collection is glossless, 

 and measures 1"12 by "82. 



1. Somerset, Cape Y'ork, 29th Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus MEGALOPREPIA, lieichevh. 

 Megaloprepia assimilis (Gould). 



Megaloprepia assimilis, Goidd, Handh. Birds Ausfr. ii. p. Ill (1865): 

 North, Nests ir Etjgs Aiistr. Birds, p. 270 (1889): Salvadori, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. x.xi. p. 168 (1893) ; Sharjye, Hand-l. i. p. 62 (1899). 



The eggs of the Allied Fruit-Pigeon ia the Collection measufe 



