PURPLE-BREASTED FRUIT PIGEON. 267 
has a few broad scutes visible, the upper being feathered ; the toes are long, the 
middle toe longest, the outer longer than the inner which is a little longer than 
the hind-toe, the lateral membranes being more strongly developed between these 
two than between the others, most noticeable on each side of the hind-toe ; the 
claws long and strongly curved. 
Coloration green above, head grey, yellow band across wing-coverts ; under 
parts purple, chin grey, sides of breast green, lower-abdomen orange. 
183. Megaloprepia magnificaa—PURPLE-BREASTED FRUIT PIGEON. 
Gould, Vol. V., pl. 58 (pt. xxv.), Dec. Ist, 1846; Suppl., pl. 67 (pt. u.), Sept. Ist, 1855. 
Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 2, pls. 25, 26, Jan. 31st, 1911. 
Columba magnifica Temminck, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt. 1, p. 125, 1821: 
Red Point, south of Woollongong, New South Wales. 
Carpophaga assimilis Gould, in Jardine’s Contr. Ornith., 1850, p. (160 =) 106: Cape York, 
North Queensland. 
Megaloprepia magnifica keri Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 184, Jan. 3lst, 1912: 
Bellenden Ker Range, Queensland. 
DistTRIBUTION.—New South Wales, Queensland. 
Adult male—General colour above golden-green, including the sides of breast 
and sides of body ; an irregular band of yellow or yellowish-white across the wing, 
which is composed of yellow or white spots on the outer webs of the median coverts 
and inner greater coverts ; primary-quills blackish, green on the outer webs, and 
cinnamon-brown on the inner ones towards the base ; tail-feathers green, with black 
shafts ; head and neck all round, including the throat, lavender-grey ; feathers of 
the breast dusky-black at base, with a bar of green, and tipped with rich purple, 
this latter colour extends in a narrow line up the middle of the neck to the chin ; 
abdomen dull orange-yellow, like the axillaries ; under wing-coverts bright orange- 
yellow ; lower aspect of tail grey, quills below somewhat darker, with a patch of 
cinnamon at the base ; bill red, yellow at tip ; iris red, bare skin round eye green ; 
feet green. Total length 485 mm. ; culmen 33, wing 237, tail 188, tarsus 35. 
Adult female—Similar to the male but slightly smaller. Total length 460 mm. ; 
culmen 32, wing 230, tail 172, tarsus 30. 
Immature—Not described but apparently similar to the adult. 
Nest.—Substantial for a pigeon, slightly concave, and almost entirely composed 
of wire-like tendrils of climbing plants, placed upon a foundation of a few coarse twigs. 
Dimensions about 6 inches across by 24 inches in depth, 
Eggs.—Clutch, one; elongated in form, considerably pointed towards the 
smaller end; texture of shell somewhat granular; surface slightly glossy and 
irregular. Dimensions 45 mm. by 26. 
Breeding-season.— October to February. 
Distribution and forms.—New South Wales and Queensland only, the difference 
in size between the forms at the extreme limits of this range being very great. Three 
subspecies are recognisable : M. m. magnifica (Temminck) from New South Wales, 
very large ; M.m. keri Mathews, from the Bellenden Ker Range, North Queensland, 
is much smaller, wing 206 against typical 237 mm.; while MW. m. assimilis (Gould) 
from Cape York is smaller still. Rothschild and Hartert, twenty years ago, included 
the New Guinea forms as only subspecifically separable. 
Genus LEUCOTRERON. 
Leucotreron Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XXXIX., p, 876, Nov. 1854. 
Type (by original designation) : Columba cincta Temminck. 
Trerolema Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XLI., p. 247, July 1855. Type 
(by monotypy): 7. leelanchert Bonap. = Columba gularis Quoy et Gaimard. 
Laryngogramma Reichenbach, Tauben, p. 102, 1862. Type (by monotypy): C. gularis Quoy 
and Gaimard. 
