388 THE CRUISE OF THE ' CUBAQOA.' 



PLATE XVIII. 

 CAIiPOPHAGA BBENGHLEYL 



(Carpophaga Brenchleji, G. Tt. Gr. Ann. and Mag. N. H. 1870, ^>. 328.) 



Front of head greyish white, witli the hind head grey ; cheeks 

 and throat pale chestnut ; upper sm'face plumbeous black, tinged 

 with grey ; tail above, when closed, black, with the outer feathers, 

 when expanded, and beneath all the feathers rufous chestnut ; 

 beneath the body of a very dark rufous chestnut, shading into a 

 lighter colour on the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts. 



Length 16", wings 8" 9"', bill 1" 2'", tarsi 1". 



' Eyes yellow. Contents of stomach, large seeds and fruits. 

 Male.' 



This fine bird, of which there is only a single specimen, was 

 collected at Wanga, San-Christoval, where it feeds on various 

 kinds of seeds, amongst which are those of a species of Canarmvi. 

 The soft pulp that surrounds the hard shell wherein the seed is 

 placed must be the portion that nourishes the bird during the 

 period it can be obtained. 



