250 Mr. C. W. De Vis on a neiv 



89. Carpophaga poliocephala, G. R. Gray ; Grant, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 564. 



This splendid Green Fruit-Pigeon has been sent from both 

 islands. This is the first time it has been recorded from 

 Leite. 



90. Macropygia tenuirostris, G. R. Gray ; Grant, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 565. 



A male of the Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove from Leite ; 

 the first recorded from that island. 



91. TuRTUR dussumieri (Temm.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 471. 



A specimen of Dussumier's Turtle-Dove from Samar, 

 which is a new locality, though Mr. A. H. Everett met with 

 it in South Leite. 



92. Phlogcenas crinigera (Reichenb.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 587 (1893) ; Bourns & Worcester, Occ. 

 Pap. Minnesota Acad. Sci. i. no. 1, p. 30 (1894). 



The Mindanao Blood-breasted Ground-Pigeon was ob- 

 tained in Leite. It had previously been recorded from 

 Basilan, Mindanao, and Samar. Sulu Island ? 



[Iris dull violet-blue ; bill dull grey, darker at tip ; legs 

 pale pink, with deep lake scales. — J. W.] 



93. Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffl.) ; Steere, List Birds 

 & Mamm. Philippines, p. 27 (1890) ; Bourns & Worcester, 

 Occ. Pap. Minnesota Acad. Sci. i. no. 1, p. 32 (1894). 



An immature specimen of the Malayan Tiger- Bittern from 

 Samar completes the list. 



XIX. — Description of a new Bird of Paradise from 

 British New Guinea. By C. W. De Vis. 



(Plate VII.) 



The bird, of which I forward a specimen, appears to belong 

 to a new genus of Paradiseidse, which I propose to name (by 

 request), after Lady Macgregor : — 



