2 Dr. (t. Hartlaub on a new African Pigeon 



north corner of New Ireland. It lives in the high jnngle- 

 grass, and is difficult to obtain. 



I have the pleasure of naming this bird after Mr. Karl 

 Hunstein, the zealous and able collector in south-east New 

 Guinea, to whom science is indebted for the discovery of 

 many new species. 



2. Carpophaga subflavescens, sp. nov. 



Male and Female. Delicate yellowish white^ the head and 

 iinderparts more distinctly yellowish ; primaries and secon- 

 daries uniform black ; under tail-coverts broadly tipped with 

 black ; apical half of tail-feathers black, this colour dimi- 

 nishing in extent towards the external feathers, the outer- 

 most pair having only one inch width of black at the tips ; 

 shafts of the tail-feathers bright yellow ; iris dark brown ; 

 bill greenish, with the tip yellow ; feet plumbeous. Total 

 length 14"0 inches, wing 9*0, tail 4' 10. 



Hab. Extreme north corner of New Ireland ; not plentiful. 



This species may be distinguished at once from the Torres 

 Straits Pigeon [Carpophaga spilorrhoa) by its distinct yel- 

 lowish colour, besides which the outermost tail-feather in the 

 latter is white nearly to the end, and the black spot on the 

 under tail-coverts is margined with white at the extreme 

 end. 



IT. — On a neiv African Pigeon of the Genus Tympanistria. 

 By Dr. G. Hartlaub. 



Tympanistria virgo, sp. nov. 



Mas. Supra ex olivascente fusca, fascia tergi unica, maculis 

 irregularibus obscurioribus vix conspicua ; stria a rictu 

 per oculum ducta fusca; sincipite, superciliis valde an- 

 gustatis corporeque subtus pure albis ; subcaudalibus 

 obscure fuscis ; subalaribus Isete ferrugineis ; remigibus 

 primariis nigro-fuscis, horum pogoniis internis, parte 

 apicali excepta, cinnamomeis, scptimo, octavo, nono et 

 decimo in pogonio externo et interno rufis, ultimis 

 dorso proximis et scapularibus necnon tectricibus totis 



