366 A NATURALIST'S WANDERINGS 



once distinguishable by the absence of purple on tlie back; the head is 



purple; and it is known as C. purpureice^s, [H. O. F.] 



47. Calornis crassa, Sclater. 



Obscure cineracea-viridls nifore chaJyheo ; ^xibtus^ prcecipite in ventre ^ paulo 

 magis cineracea ; ah's catidaqne nigris extus dorsi colore lavatis ; remignrn 

 marginiihus interiorihus fuUginosis; rostro et pedibus nigris; cauda 

 fere ceqitali aid paidum rotundata: Jong, tota 7'3, alct 4'1, caiidce 2'8. 

 Fern, Supra cineracea^ sfriis scaparum nigris variegata ; alis caudaque 

 fusco nigris ; subtus alba nigro flammidata ; crassitie/ere eadem, 



IJab, Larat^ ins. Tcnimberenseni. 

 . Obs, Species cauda fere ^quali, corpore crasso, rostro robu&to ct colore 

 maris uniformi nofabilis. 



Botli male (August 1st) and female (August 8th) arc marked ''Iridcs 

 dark brown ; bill, legs, and feet black." 



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48. CoKVUs LATiROSTRis, Mcjer, op. sup. cit. 



Corvus validissimits, Sclater, loc, cit. 



49. EuRTSTOMCs TAciFicus, Lath, fide Meyer, op. sup, cit. 

 CO. Cavkimulgus macrurus. Horsf. 



51. HiRUXDO JAYANICA, Sparrm. 



V. COLUMB-E. 



52. Ptilopus wAllacii, Or. 



53. D. LKXTiENsis, Schl. fide Meyer, 



54. P. xanthogaster, Wagl. 



F.Jlavoinrcscens, Meyer, op. sup. cit. 



The designation Ptilopus favovirescens has been proposed by Dr. Meyer 

 for the Timor-laut Pigeon determined by Dr. Sclater as /'. xanthogaster 

 (Wagb). The difference lies, he notes, in the " Gelbgrunlich8Taue"of the 

 head and neck. From a careful comparison of my o\Yn skins with those 

 in the Critisli Museum, I feel confident that the differences observed by 

 Dr. Meyer will be found to be tliose due to age only. Ycjy young birds 

 have a grey band over the forehead, and the rest' of the head with the 

 neck and back nearly of the Fame shade of green; ^^ith advancing age we 

 find every shade of green and yellowish green to Dr. Meyer's '* Gelbgriin- 

 lichgraue."^ The head of the fully adult bird is pnrplish-grey, each 

 feather having a pale yellow submarginal crescent across it. 



Sqme of the skins obtained by me differ as to head and neck in no 

 respect from specimens brought by Mr. Wallace from Bauda ; others have 

 the head and neck of a grey colour tinctured with every shade through 

 green-blue to yellow, differing according to the age of the birds. I cannot 

 detect in the specimens I have, any difference in breadth of the " Gelb der 

 Kehle'*as compared M'ith Mr. Wallace's specimens; nor is the breast shield 

 constantly of one shade in all the specimens I have examined. In the 

 Panda example (of Wallace) it is darker than any Timor-laut specimen 

 before me. In agreement with all those in the British Museum, my 

 Timor-laut specimens have the outer margin of the primaries and 

 secondaries as in Salvadori's description, " fiavo-marginatis." [H. 0. F.J 



55. CAuroPHAGA coxcinna, AYaU- 



5G. C. nosACEA, Temm, 



57- MYniSTicTvouA bicolor. Scop, 



58. Mackopygia timorlaoensis, Meyer, op. sup. cit. 



Macropygia Jceiensis, Salv, 



Macropygia sp. inc., Sclater, P. Z. S. 1883, loe. sup. cit. 



