the Genus Macropygia. 243 



seem to be somewhat similar. On the other hand, the tail 

 is not that of Macropygia, being quite plain and much less 

 graduated. 



I am not aware that the anatomy of Turaccena, as distin- 

 guished from Macropygia, has ever been described, but I 

 fully expect to find that when its internal structure is 

 examined it will be found necessary to remove it from its 

 present position. 



Genus Turacosna, Bp. Consp. ii. p. 58 (1854). 

 " Orbitse nudse, pedes brevissirni, cauda minus graduata." 

 Type Columba manadensis (Q. & G.). 

 Confined to the Australian Region. 



1. Turaccena manadensis. 



Columba manadensis, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. 

 i. p. 248, pi. 30 (1830) (Manado). 



Turaccena manadensis (Q. & G.), Wald. Trans. Z. S. viii. 

 p. 85 (p. 185); Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 137. 



Adult. Head and throat white ; occiput, nape, mantle, and 

 breast bright metallic green, the feathers being brown at 

 the base, and metallic green at the tip, with a shade of dark 

 blue between. Remainder of the plumage very dark slate, 

 with a shade of purple on the upper surface, and the metallic 

 green breast gradually blending into purplish slate on the 

 belly. 



Sexes alike. 



Wing 7'5 to 8 inches, tail 9, tarsus 1, bill 1. Iris red 

 {Meyer). Orbits bare, red : bill and feet black {Wallace). 



Birds from the Sula Islands are a trifle smaller, but other- 

 wise identical. 



It feeds on different fruits, especially that of Capsicum 

 fastigiatum { Wallace) . 



Hab. Celebes, Sula Islands. 



All the birds in the British Museum seem to be adult 

 except one, which is much browner in plumage, especially 

 on the wings and tail ; the neck and mantle more plumbeous, 

 with green and bluish-purple reflections. 



