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63. Ptilinopus superbus (Temm). 



Only one specimen from Lucas, who says it is called "marpati," and a young 

 bird from Waterstradt. 



64. Ptilinopus granulifrons Hart. 



PtUwiopus gramdifrons Hartert, Bull. D. O. G. vii. p. 35 (Febr. 1898: Obi 

 Major) ; id., Nov. Zool. 1899. p. 219. PI. IV. tig. 9. 



This remarkable little green pigeon agrees in pattern and general colour entirely 

 with Ptilinopus hyogaster (corr. ionogaster) from Batjan and Halmahera, but it 

 differs strikingly by the presence of a mass of granuliform fleshy knobs on the 

 forehead, at the base of the bill. The grey of the head is a shade lighter and 

 reaches a little more down on to the occiput, its hind-margin being straight or 

 somewhat convex, not at all concave as is the case in P. Iiyogaster, when properly 

 skinned. The general colour is much more yellowish-green, not grass-green, especially 

 the breast is washed with golden-yellow. The discoverer of this most interesting 

 pigeon was William Doherty, who collected a nice series in .September 1897. He 

 marked the bare parts as follows: " cJ : iris crimson : feet purple; bill yellow, more 

 olive near tip, crimson at base above, granuliform wattles orange-ochreous. ? : iris 

 orange-ochreous, feet dark purjile, claws blackish ; bill olive-ochreous, crimson at base 

 above, granuliform wattles at base of bill orange-ochreous." The sexes are, in skin, 

 perfectly alike. Mr. Lucas also sent some skins and informed us that the local name 

 was " marpati," and recently Mr. Waterstradt obtained more specimens. 



In my opinion Ptilinopus gnmuliformis is of more interest and importance 

 than any other of the forms peculiar to Obi. It is obviously a close ally and 

 representative of P. hyogaster, but with the same right that the genus Globicera is 

 separated from C'arpophaga, it might be distinguished generically, as it has a 

 remarkable " structural " difference, but I am ^ convinced that this would in no 

 way help us, and only add an unnecessary new generic term to om- list. On the 

 contrary, the consequence I draw from this case is, that the genus Globicera must 

 be suppressed. 



65. Megaloprepia formosa Gray. 

 Megaloprepia formosa Gray, P. Z. S. 1860. p. 360 ("Gilolo"). 

 Waterstradt's hunters obtained specimens on the hills, about 2000 feet high, of 

 Obi Major. Bernstein met with it on Obi many years ago. 



66. Carpophaga perspicillata (Temm.). 

 Columha perspdcillata Temm., PL Col. 246 (1823 : Moluccas). 

 Doherty and Lucas obtained this species. Native name "kuru-kuru." 



<i7. Carpophaga basilica obiensis II ail. 

 [^Daculu htisillca Bonaparte, Cortspi. ii. p. 35 (1854 : Gilolo).] 

 Caipophaga obiensis Hartert, Bull. B. 0. V. vii. p. 35 (February 1898, Obi 

 Major). 



Very different from C. bdsUica basilica, the entire head, throat, foreneck, and 

 breast being much deeper vinous, with a greyish wash ; the hindneck darker grey, 

 separated from the vinous head by a rusty patch ; abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 deep cinnamon, in.stead of pale cinnamon. '.Iris dark crimson, eyelids vermilion ; 



