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space feathered, the gonys very short and angulated. The wing is long, the feathers 
neither appreciably scalloped nor narrowed on either web, the first primary long, 
longer than the fifth and only a little less than the second, which equals the fourth 
and the third is barely longer ; the secondaries are short. The tail is long, more than 
half the length of the wing, rather emarginate, being composed of fourteen broad 
feathers with truncate tips, tail-coverts short. The legs are stout and longer than 
the culmen, the lower half showing coarse hexagonal scutes in front, minutely 
reticulate behind, the upper portion densely feathered. The toes are coarse, the 
middle toe longest, the outer longer than the inner, which slightly exceeds the hind- 
toe, all the claws long and curved; the sides of the hind-toe show strong lateral skin 
expansion as does the inside of the inner toe, but otherwise not much is seen. 
Coloration: head and neck grey, back, tail, and wings metallic-green, under- 
surface vinous, under tail-coverts chestnut. 
186. Globicera pacificaa—GREY-HEADED PIGEON. 
[Columba pacifica Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. 0., p. 777, April 20th, 1789: Friendly Islands. 
Extra-limital.] 
Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 5, pl. 366, July 10th, 1919. 
Globicera pacifica queenslandica Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 5, p. 85, Sept. 24th, 
1914: Mackay, North Queensland. 
DisTRIBUTION.—Queensland (visitor), One specimen preserved in Mathews’s collection. 
Adult.—Crown of head, sides of face, hind-neck, and mantle ash-grey ; entire 
back, upper tail-coverts, scapulars, wings, and tail bronze-green with pale coppery 
reflections on the back and wings ; inner webs of flight-quills blackish-brown ; tail 
darker than the back and inclining to steel-blue on the middle of the feathers, inner 
webs of the outer feathers blackish ; base of fore-head, fore-part of cheeks, chin, 
and throat greyish-white, becoming darker on the last ; a very narrow dark line on 
each side of the throat; sides of the breast, sides of body, and thighs ash-grey, 
becoming darker on the last; middle of breast, abdomen, and vent pale vinous 
somewhat deeper in colour on the last ; under tail-coverts chestnut ; axillaries and 
inner under wing-coverts ash-grey, the outer ones darker and more slate-grey ; 
under-surface of flight-quills vinous-brown ; lower aspect of tail black. Total length 
375 mm.; culmen 21 (?), wing 239, tail 136, tarsus 33. 
187. Globicera rubriceraa—RED-CERED PIGEON. 
[Globicera rubricera Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XXXIX., p. 1073, 
(about Dec. 11th) 1854: New Ireland. Extra-limital.] 
Emu, Vol. XVIIL., pt. 4, pl. xxxv., p. 239, April Ist, 1919. 
? Carpophaga lepida Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. VII., 1854, p. 230, 1855, 
Mareh 23rd: Northern Australia. 
Distrisurion.—Northern Australia (visitor). One specimen preserved in Philadelphia. 
“Bill with a large frontal protuberance which includes the apertures of the 
nostrils ; wing moderate, second quill longest ; tail rather short, composed of twelve 
feathers, under tail-coverts nearly as long as the tail. Legs short ; tarsus feathered 
for half its length, thick ; toes rather long, padded and flattened on their under- 
surfaces ; claws strong, curved. 
Frontal protuberances (at the base of the upper mandible) yellow. Entire 
head, neck, breast and abdomen light purplish-cinereous (or light vinaceous) changing 
to light cinereous on the back of the neck, where it joins the colour of the back, and 
becoming darker and clearer vinaceous on the breast and abdomen. Back, upper 
wing-coverts, secondary-quills, rump and upper tail-coverts brilliant metallic-green, 
with golden and copper-coloured reflections. Primary-quills and_ tail-feathers 
