350 O/i Bird.tfrom the yew Hebrides. 



base of the bill, without any chestnut contrastinj,' on the 

 abdomen. 



The bird from the Louisiades and the New Hebrides 

 appears to me to be distinct, having a much lighter pearly- 

 grey head and mantle, white chin and frontal line, and a 

 distinct shade of vinous-chestnut overspreading the abdomen, 

 and contrasting with the clearer vinous of the chest. I have, 

 however, followed Count Salvadori in adopting the name of 

 G. pacifica for the New Hebrides examples, but I would call 

 attention to the pearly -grey head and mantle, and to the much 

 lighter grey under-wiug-coverts and quill-linings. The name 

 of G. tarraVii Bp. is perhaps available for this bird, as 

 the type of that species came from Vanikoro, and is in all 

 hkelihood identical with the Louisiade form. 



CoLUMBA LEOPOLDi (Tristr.) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 53 ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 72. 

 No. 74 ? . Dillon's Bay, Erromanga, July 24., 1899.— Bill 



and legs dull coral-red ; iris golden. 

 No. 95. ? . Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Aug. 7, 1899. 

 No. 119. $ . Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Sept. 18, 1899. 



Macropygia rufa Ramsay ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 54 ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 75. 

 No. 24. $ ad. Port Sandwich, Mallicollo, May 17, 1899. — 



Bill dark horn; feet pink; iris dark, with golden 



circle. 

 No. 58. ? juv. S. of Espiritu Santo, June 21, 1899.— Bill 



and feet reddish brown. 



Chalcophaps chrysochlora Gould ; WiglesAv. t. c. p. 57 ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. B. i. p. 83 (1899). 

 No. 23. $ ad. Mallicollo, May 17, 1899.— Bill orange-red, 



tip horn ; legs dirty purple ; iris dark. Common. 



Natives snare these birds freely. Breeds in September. 



Feeds on ground. Stomach full of small seeds. 

 No. 41. S ad. Polenia Bay, Erromanga, May 26, 1899. 

 No. 86. ? ad. Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Aug. 5, 1899. — 



Feet purplish pink; iris goklen. Feeds on the ground, 



on seeds. 



