^2 Campbell, Additions lo " H. L. White Colleclioii." [isf'o'ct. 



Two ^^. This beautiful Fruit-Pigeon was fairly common, and 

 was breeding. The slcins are typical of magnifica, only arc 

 smaller. Dimensions in millimetres : — Length, 360-368 ; wing, 

 180-186 ; tarsus, 26-27 5 culmen, 16-17. 



[2/12/19. — Found nest of Purple-breasted Pigeon, with bird 

 sitting, on horizontal branch 8 feet from bed of the creek. Cut 

 a hooked stick to pull nest wathin reach. The bird sits until 

 touched with the stick ; then it drops to bed of the creek and 

 flutters away, as if badly wounded. 



13/12/19. — ^Found another nest of this Pigeon with the bird 

 sitting, 6 feet from the ground, in a mangrove. The bird allowed 

 me to approach quite close before it left its nest and fluttered 

 away amongst the mangrove roots to a log about 40 yards 

 distant. It sat there raising and lowering its wings to attract 

 my attention. When I moved towards the bird it fluttered away 

 again as if wounded, then flew swiftly out of sight. The nest 

 contained a newly-hatched young one.] 



*Ptilmopus swainsoni. Red-crowned Fruit-Pigeon. 

 P. r. regina. 



Two cJ(^, I S (juv.) Interesting material, but similar to that 

 of the species collected on the north-eastern coast of AustraUa. 

 A famiUar bird on Moa. The nestUng may be described as golden- 

 green (bronzed at certain angles of hght), feathers all edged with 

 yellow and abdomen and under tail coverts yellowish. Length, 

 103 mm. ; wing, 94 mm. 



*Geopelia placida, Gould. Ground-Dove. 



One o- Similar to a skin from Northern Territory. Smallest 

 of the species (not much larger than the Diamond Dove, G. 

 cimeata), and Ughter-coloured than Queensland birds. Wing, 

 94 mm., as against a southern specimen (tranquilla), wing 103 mm. 

 Seen three times. 



*Geopelia humeralis, Temminck. Barred-shouldered Dove. 

 Chrvsaiicha-iia h. humeralis. 



One S. Judging by this single specimen, it is almost typical. 

 The species has a wide range, chiefly coastal, from the region of 

 the North-West Cape round to New South Wales, besides the 

 southern portion of New Guinea. As pointed out in a previous 

 paper {Emu, xviii., p. 255), two males from Barrow Island, Western 

 Australia, are smaller in size and paler-coloured than typical 

 eastern birds. Dimensions in milhmetres : — Length, 300 ; wing, 

 133 ; culmen, 18 ; tarsus, 25 (M'Lennan). 



*Hypot3enidia philippensis, Linnaeus. Pectoral Rail. 

 H. p. australis. 



One <^. The example of this well-known and wandering Rail 

 is most interesting, and does not differ from a male procured in 

 New South Wales (wing also same size). Mathews's yorki 

 (" differs from H. p. australis in its smaller size and in having the 

 buff band on the chest much darker ") is not convincing as a good 



