the Alexandra District, S. Australia. 591 
xxl. p. 526 (1893 : Port Essington) ; Campbell, Nests & Eggs 
Austr. B. ii. p. 680 (1901) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. p. 197. 
No. 14. a,b,c. g adult. Alexandra. 
HistRioPHAPS HISTRIONICA. 
Columba (Peristera) histrionica Gould, P. Z. 8S. 1840, 
p- 114 (plains of interior of Australia). 
Histriophaps histrionica Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. B. 
iil. p. 684 (1901). 
a,b. Adult. Alexandra. 
LopHoPHAPS LEUCOGASTER. 
Lephophaps leucogaster Gould, Suppl. B. Austr. pl. 69 
(1862); Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 585 (1893: 
Victoria River, N.W. Australia) ; Campbell, Nests & Eggs 
Austr. B. i. p. 693 (1901). 
No. 52. @ 9 adult. Alexandra, June 1905. Bill and 
feet black ; iris orange. 
OcyPHAPS LOPHOTES. 
Columba lophotes Temm. Pl. Col. iv. pl. 142 (1823 : moun- 
tains of the interior of Australia). 
Ocyphaps lophotes Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. B. ii. 
p. 695 (1901); Hall, Emu, ii. p. 61 (Vitzroy River) ; 
Hartert, Nov. Zool. xii. p. 198 (Mount Hatley; Soda 
Springs; Margaret River ; Elvira River ; Avergne Station). 
a. 3g adult. Alexandra, Sept. 23, 1905. Iris orange ; 
feet dark; bill black. 
MicrorriBoNnyx VENTRALIS. 
Gallinula ventralis Gould, P. Z. 8. 1836, p. 85 (Swan River, 
Australia). 
Microtribonyx ventralis Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. 
p. 165 (1894) ; Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. B. il. p. 752 
(1901). 
No. 97. ¢ @ adult. Alexandra, Dec. 5, 1905. Bill 
light blue, scarlet at base; tarsi and feet scarlet and grass- 
green; iris golden yeilow. This species feeds on green 
grass-shoots. 
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