84 



The eggs of Swainson's Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 1-2 by -87 ; T26 by -87. They have only a faint 

 gloss. 



1. Cape York, N. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1 . Australia. Gould Coll. 



Ptilopus ewingi, Gould. 



Ptilinopus ewiugii, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 107 (1805). 

 Ptilopus ewingi, Salvador!, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 9(3 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1899). 



The eggs of Ewing's Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection are gloss- 

 less and measure respectively : 1'15 by '79 ; 1'22 by *85. 



1. Somerset, Cape York, 3rd Dec. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.l. 



1. Somerset, 8th Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.J. 



Ptilopus fasciatus, Peale. 



Ptilonopus fasciatus, Finsch fy Uartl, Fauna Centralpolyn. p. 115, t. ii. 



fig. 3 (1867) ; Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 442. 

 Ptilopus fasciatus, Salvation, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 98 (1893) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1899). 



The eggs of the Banded Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection are 

 without gloss, and measure respectively : 1-28 by '88 ; 1-27 by -92. 



1. Samoa, Sept. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [P.I. 



1. Samoa, Oct. Ilev. S. J. Whitmee [P.]. 



Genus LAMPROTRERON, Bp. 



Lamprotreron superba (Temm. $ Knip). 



Lamprotreron superbus, Goidd, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 108 (1865) ; 



Campbell ', Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 48 (1883) ; North, Nests fy 



Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 269 (1889). 

 Ptilopus superbus, Ramsai/, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 1151 (1887) ; 



Salvador i, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 112 (1893). 

 Lamprotreron superba, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 58 (1899). 



The egg of the Superb Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection is glossless, 

 and measures 1/12 by *82. 



1. Somerset, Cape York, 29th Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus MEGALOPREPIA, lleichenb. 

 Megaloprepia assimilis (Gould). 



Megaloprepia assimilis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. Ill (1865): 

 North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 270 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxi. p. 168 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 62 (1899). 



The eggs of the Allied Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection measure 



