6-16 Messrs. H. C. Roljinsoii and W. S. Laverock on 



very seldom singly ; if the black-aud-white Magpie [Strepera 

 gracuUna ?] sees them settle on a tree, it flies at them and 

 drives tiiem away. Iris brown ; feet black ; upper mandible 

 whitish, lower slate-colour" (Olive). 



96. *Ptilixopus regina (Swains.). 



Ptilinopus swainsoni Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. 

 p. 95 (1893j. 



A small series from Cooktown. 



" Plentiful only during the winter months. Iris yellow ; 

 feet slate; bill green " [Olive). 



97. Ptilinopus superbus (Temm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 112. 

 Speciaiens have been received from each locality visited. 



'' Iris yellow; feet red; bill green " [Olive). 



Two nests, found at Bellenden Ker on December 29tli, 

 were situated in dense scrub at a height of about six feet 

 above the ground, and were merely a slight platform of 

 sticks, resembling the nest of Megaloprepia assimilis, but 

 smaller. Each nest contained one egg, which is like that of 

 most Pigeons, being pure white and of a regular oval. The 

 shell is very smooth and slightly lustrous. They measure : 

 (1) 30-5x21, (2) 30x31 mm. 



98. Megaloprepia assimilis Gould ; Salvad. t. c. p. 168. 

 One male from Cooktown, where the species is not of 



regular occurrence, and a large series from Cairns, which 

 are slightly larger, showing a tendency to intergrade 

 with M. magnijjca. Regarding the specimens from Cairns, 

 Mr. Olive says : — " Very abundant here, and usually found 

 in pairs or singly, except when feeding, when they are 

 gregarious. Iris red ; feet green ; bill red at the base, with a 

 yellow tip ; orbital skin green." A nest and eggs have also 

 been forwarded by Mr. Olive. The nest was found in thick 

 scrub on October 14th. It was built on the limb of a tree 

 about ten feet from the ground, and contained one freshly 

 laid egg. It is a very frail structure, nearly flat, and composed 

 of a iew small sticks, loosely interwoven with the coarse 

 tendrils of some creeping plant. The egg, which is dull 



