1878.] BIRDS OF TERNATE, AMBOYNA, ETC. 89 



L. melallicus was from Timor and Celebes ; but this seems to be a 

 mistake, as the typical specimens in the Museum of Leyden, ex- 

 amined by me, are from Amboyna. In Celebes and in Timor lives 

 another species of the genus Calomis, and not C. metallica. 



Specimens from the different localities do not differ specifically : 

 those from Cape York are somewhat more purplish, but not always 

 in the same way ; one from Goram, a small island near Amboyna (C. 

 purpurascens, Gray), is exactly like some specimens from Cape York. 



Some specimens have the throat more purplish than others ; one 

 from My sol (C. gularis, Gray) cannot be separated from others from 

 Halmahera and Cape York. 



10. Carpophaga concinna, Wall. 



[Nos. 263-264. Males; 265, 266, 267. Females: eyes between 

 orange and a coral-red ; the stomach in all contained fruit and seeds ; 

 legs coral-red; bill black. There were a great many of these Nut- 

 meg Pigeons shot, enough for lunch for the whole ward-room. They 

 were very good eating. — J. M.~\ 



11. Myristicivora bicolor (Scop.). 



Myristicivora bicolor, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 276 

 (1877). 



[No. 278. Male : white Pigeon ; eyes brown ; stomach contained 

 fruit ; feet blue ; bill black.—/. M.~\ 



This bird has the under tail- coverts entirely white. 



In a recent paper of mine 1 I have shown that M. bicolor (Scop.), 

 M. spilorrhoa (G. R. Gr.), and M. melanura, G. R. Gr., are per- 

 fectly distinct species, and that M. bicolor (Scop.) most likely is a 

 migratory bird in the Moluccas, as it is in Celebes, and that, while 

 in Celebes it is to be found together with M. luctuosa (Reinw.), in 

 the Moluccas it lives together with M. melanura, Gray. 



12. Macro pygia keyensis, Salvad. 



Macropygia, sp., Wall. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) xx. p. 473 

 (partim), 1875, Ke Islands. 



Macropygia phasianella, part., G. R. Gr. (nee Temm.), P. Z. S. 

 1858, pp. 187, 196, Ke Islands; Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 389. sp. 81 

 (partim) ; Kosenb. Reis naar zuidoostereil. p. 81 (1867). 



Macropygia turtur, part., Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbce, pp. 110, 

 113, 114 (specimina Ins. Key), 1873. 



Macropygia keyensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 20-4. 

 sp. 64 (1876). 



[No. 279. Male : eyes hazel ; stomach contained seeds ; legs red ; 

 bill black.— J. If.] 



I named this Ke-Islands species (/. *. c.) before seeing a fully adult 

 bird, feeling quite confident, from Schlegel's description, that it was 

 really distinct. I have recently seen the adult specimens con- 

 tained in the Leyden Museum, and I am satisfied that the Ke- 



1 " Osservazioni intorno alle speci del genere Myristicivora, Echb." (Ann, 

 Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. pp. 265-277). 



