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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 pacifica. GREY-HEADED PIGEON. 



[Columba pacifica Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Vol. I., pt. n., p. 777, April 20th, 1789 : Friendly Islands. 

 Extra-limital.] 



Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 5, pi. 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 rubricera. RED-CERED PIGEON. 



[Qlobicera rubricera Bonaparte, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, Vol. XXXIX., p. 1073, 

 (about Dec. llth) 1854: New Ireland. Extra-limital.] 



Emu, VoL XVIIL, pt. 4, pL xxxv., p. 239, April 1st, 1919. 



? Carpophaga lepida Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Vol. VTL, 1854, p. 230, 1855, 

 March 23rd : Northern Australia. 



DISTRIBUTION. 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 



