1879.] 



PROF. A. H. GARROD ON GELADA RUEPPELLI. 



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of this bird as differing from New-Guinea specimens in the markings 

 of the wings and tail ; but, judging from the series at the British 

 Museum, I do not think that these are constant characters." 



29. Carpophaga van-wycki. 



Of this and the other Pigeons of Duke-of-York Island, Mr. Brown 

 writes as follows : — 



" Of your new Carpophaga melanochroa I have only obtained one 

 skin. C. vanwycki and C. rubricera are our commonest Pigeons, 

 and can be got in any numbers. If you wish for any specimens I 

 can easily get them, as we are shooting them every day. (Edirhinus 

 insolltus is also very abundant ; I have tried several times to rear 

 some for transmission to you, but have not yet succeeded in keeping 

 them for more than a few months. 



35. Amatjrornis moluccana (Wallace). 



Porzana moluccana, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 480. 



Gallinula nificrissa, Gould, B. Aust. Suppl. pi. 79. 



Amaurornis moluccana, Salvadori, R. Accad. Sci. di Torino, vol. xiv. 



I have not been able to make a comparison ; but I suppose that 

 the Duke-of-York bird is referable to this southern form of A. olivacea 

 (Meyen) of the Philippines, 



3. Notes on the Anatomy of Gelada rueppelli. 

 By A. H. Gtarrod, F.R.S., Prosector to the Society, 



[Beceived May 7, 1879.] 

 (Plate XXXVIII.) 



Having had the opportunity of dissecting the adults of both the 

 sexes of Gelada rueppelli, the female of which lived a short time in 

 the Society's Gardens, where it died, I desire to record some points 

 in the anatomy of the species which appear to be of interest. 



The following are measurements from the skins, except when 

 otherwise indicated : — 



From margin of upper lip, over head and along 

 back, to base of tail 



Same measurements from body with skin removed.. 



Tail, without hairy tuft 



Tuft of tail 



From wrist to end of nail of middle digit of hand.. 



From heel to end of nail of middle digit of foot 



From angle of axilla to end of nail of middle digit 

 of hand 



From mid-perineum to end of nail of middle digit 

 of foot 



Nail of middle digit of hand along convexity . . . 



Nail of middle digit of foot along convexity .... 



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