MEGALOPREPIA. CARPOPHAGA. 85 



respectively: 1-4 by *9o; 1'39 by -05, and have a small amount of 

 gloss. 



1. Somerset, Cape York, 7th Dec. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.l. 



1. Somerset, 6th Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [O.J. 



Megaloprepia puella (Less.). 



Carpophaga puella, Macgillivray, Voy. ' Rattlesnake,' ii. p. 358 (1852). 

 Megaloprepia puella, Nehrkorn, J. f. O. 1885, p. 34 ; Salvadori, C 

 Birds B. M. xxi. p. 170 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 63 (1899). 



The egg of the Fairy Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection measures 

 1-23 by '85, and is without gloss. 



1. Cape York, N. Australia (Gapt. Voy. H. M.S. ' Rattlesnake.' 

 Stanley). 



Sub-Family CARPOPHAGIN^). 



Genus CARPOPHAGA, Selly. 



Carpophaga insular is, Blyth. 



Carpophaga insularis, Gates ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. B, ii. p. 367 

 (1890); Salvador!, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 185 (1893); Sharpe, 

 Hand-L i. p. 64 (1899). 



The egg of the Mcobar Imperial Pigeon in the Collection 

 measures 1'9 by 1'37, and possesses a small amount of gloss. 



1. Trinkut Island, Nicobars, 17th Hume Coll. 



March ( W. Damson], 



Carpophaga aenea (Linn.). 



Carpophaga senea, Sharpe, P. Z. S 1879, p. 348 ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 718 

 (1879) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 366 (1890) ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 190 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 64 (1899). 



The eggs of the Green Imperial Pigeon are fairly glossy, and 

 measure from 1'6 to 1'85 in length, and from 1-25 to 1'32 in 

 breadth. 



1. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



2. Port Blair, Andamans, 7th July Hume Coll. 



(R. J. Wimberky). 



]. Thoungyin River, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 

 19th March (C. T. Bingham). 



Carpophaga rhodinolaema, Scl. 



Carpophaga rhodinolsema, Sclater, Zool. ' Challenger' Exped. ii. pp. 31, 151 

 (1880) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 196 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 64 (1899). 



