the Genus Macropygia. 235 



Ke Islands, J obi, Misor, and Mafor Islands, leads me to the 

 conclusion that they are all races of one species ; but it will 

 be most convenient to consider them as distinct, for in the 

 genus Macropygia, if you once begin " lumping/'' it would 

 be difficult to know where to stop, and they are fairly con- 

 stant local races. 



Adult male (N.W. New Guinea). Upper surface much as 

 in M. amboinensis, bright chestnut-brown, but the head de- 

 cidedly cinereous, the feathers tipped with vinous ; the fore- 

 head paler ; nape and mantle bright metallic green, with lilac 

 reflections ; beneath the throat and breast rich vinaceous, 

 each feather with two dark metallic-green cross bars, blending 

 into tawny buff on the abdomen and deepening into rich 

 reddish chestnut on the vent and lower tail-coverts ; under 

 wing-coverts, axillaries, and thigh-coverts chestnut. 



Adult male (Mysol, Wall., Mus. Brit.) . Rather darker 

 brown above, but with traces of metallic green on the head. 



Some male specimens are more cinereous on the head, 

 nape, and mantle, some more or less brown, vinous, or lilac on 

 the head, or more or less barred beneath • but the above- 

 described specimen from N.W. New Guinea may be taken 

 as typical. 



In the S.E. promontory occur birds which are otherwise 

 typical, but without the faintest indications of barring, and 

 with the upper tail- coverts in the males much brighter rufous. 

 Alongside of these occur birds of which the males have the 

 breast barred, and the head and nape a deep slate-colour ; 

 these are identical with the bird which inhabits the D'En- 

 trecasteaux Islands (M. cinereiceps, Tristr.). 



In the Am Islands is found almost typical M. doreya. 



Adult female. General colour above chestnut-brown, head 

 rich reddish chestnut ; upper surface brown, feathers tipped 

 with chestnut, broadly so on the wing-coverts; the nape and 

 mantle paler, barred with dark metallic green and rufous ; 

 upper tail-coverts chestnut-brown ; beneath uniform rufous, 

 very faintly barred and freckled, especially on the breast, 

 deepening to chestnut on the under tail-coverts. 



Younger birds are more mottled and freckled above with 



