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under tail-coverts grey, with cinnamon brown margins. Lower surface of tail 
dark grey with a just perceptible apical band . . . Length, 310-320; wing, 
175-180 mm. Iris, orange brown; bill, bluish; cere, dark slate grey; feet, 
bright rose colour.” (Newnann). Habitat. Kast Central Africa, Kilima-Njaro. 
incerta, Salvad. 
iriditorques (Cass... Two. ¢,?. (Columb, pls. ii., iii.) 
malherbii (/77.). One. ¢. 
An aviary specimen agrees with Count Salvadori’s description of the adult female 
of this species. 
MACROPYGIINA. 
TURACGNA, Bp. 
menadensis ((). ¢: @.). Three. North Celebes. 
menadensis, subsp. sulaénsis, subsp. nov. One. Sula Islands. 
Closely resembling the typical form, but somewhat darker, the metallic colour of 
the breast and mantle brighter, of a purer green, with no amethystine tinge. 
Size much smaller. Wing 181, against 203 mm. in the mainland form. 
modesta (Zemm.). One. &. Timor, May. 
Collected by S. Miller in 1829, and bearing his MS. name, ‘‘ Columba fumigata.” 
Most probably also it is one of the Types of the species. 
MACROPYGIA, Swains. 
tusalia (Hodgs.). Eight. ¢?,2 jr. Sikkim, February. Northern India 
(Darjeeling). 
swinhoii, Wardlaw Rams. One. Hainan, February. 
leptogrammica (Zemm.). One. ¢. West Java. 
magna, Wall. 
timorlaoensis, Meyer. One. 2. Timor Laut, September. 
macassariensis, Wall. 
This species has also been recorded from Saleyer and Djampea (cf Hartert, Nov. 
Zool. iii. pp. 166, 180, 182 (1896) ). 
cinnamomea, Salvad. 
rufipennis, Blyth. One. &. South Andaman Islands, March. 
tenuirostris, @.2.Gr. Four. 3 juv. Philippine Islands (Luzon, Manilla ; 
Mindanao, Davao, May). 
emiliana, Bp. Three. Java. 
Buttikofer (Notes Leyd. Mus. xviii. pp. 191, 193 (18986) ), after comparing specimens 
from Nias with a large series from Java and the Kangean Archipelago, considers 
that M. modiglianii, Salvad., the specific value of which the author himself is 
doubtful of (Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 349), must be referred to this species. 
phasianella (Zemm.). Seven. ¢, 9. Australia. 
amboinensis (Zinn.). (= M. doreya, Bp., Tristr. Cat. Coll. Birds, p. 39). 
Three. Amboina. [New Guinea]. 
keiensis, Salvad. 
albicapilla, 7zmm. Three. 26,9. North Celebes (Minahassa, Rurukan, 
August ; Menado, September). 
sanghirensis, Salvad. 
maforensis, Salvad. 
doreya, Bp. (= Macropygia sp., spm. a, ex Eyton Museum, Tristr. Cat. Coll. 
Birds, p. 39). One. Jr. 
This specimen is very puzzling. It is considered to belong to this species by 
Major Wardlaw Ramsay, and agrees fairly well with his description of the young 
bird (cf. Ibis, 1890, p. 235). The following is a full description :—Head and upper 
nape rich rufous chestnut, the bases of the feathers black showing through more 
