collected or observed in the New Hebrides. 275 



28. EUDYNAMIS TAHITIUS (Gm.). 



This Cuckoo was shot by a native on the banks of a river 

 which we were descending, in Vate. Neither Mr. Young, 

 with whom I was staying, nor the native seemed to know it. 

 On Ambrym I saw a native with some tail-feathers of this 

 species stuck in his " wool " as a decoration. Iris dark brown ; 

 bill dark brown; legs and feet green. — L. L. 



29. Ptilopus greyi, Gt. R. Gray. 



These lovely Doves were more abundant near Havanna 

 Harbour (Vate) than elsewhere; on the other side of the island 

 they were unknown to the resident missionary. There the 

 Yellow-headed Dove (no. 30) was found ; and it did not 

 extend, in its turn, to the Havanna- Harbour side. The " Red- 

 headed " Doves were generally scattered through the bush ; 

 the '' Yellow-headed " frequented the banian trees, then in 

 fruit, coming in flocks, but most wary in their habits and dif- 

 ficult to get at. Both species were in prime condition, covered 

 with fat, rendering them doubly difficult to skin. Iris light 

 orange; bill green; legs and feet maroon. — L. L. 



30. Chryscexas, sp. inc. ' f^^-^^'^-'^^ 



Erromango, Vate, and Ambrym were the islands where I 

 procured this fine Dove. Its yellow head reminded me of 

 that of the glorious " Orange Dove '^ of Fiji, or more so of 

 the new species described by my father from Kandavu, C. 

 viridis, Layard. I was especially pleased to get this bird, as, 

 if I mistake not, Mr. Ramsay, the curator of the Australian 

 Museum, showed me a specimen from Mallicolo, brought in 

 alcohol by the surgeon of H.M.S. ' Pearl,' and which, he said, 

 was a new and undescribed species. Iris buff; bill green ; 

 legs maroon. — L. L. 



I cannot help thinking this bird comes very near the genus 

 Chrysoenas, being intermediate between it and Ptilopus ; but 

 I have no diagnosis of its characters to which to refer. The 

 apical termination of the first primary is more cut away than 

 in Chrysoenas, but not so much as in Ptilopus. — E. L. L. 



\_Note. — No specimen of this bird has been sent by Mr. 

 Layard.— H. B. T.] 



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