1885.] DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE YACHT ' MARCHES A.' 659 



The little group to the S.E. of Biak, known as the Pade Aido, 

 or Traitors Islands, appear, as far as I could judge from a small col- 

 lection obtained by Mr. Bruijn's hunters, to belong, ornithologically 

 speaking, to the Mysory division of the Geelvink-Bay islands. 



176. Ptilopus pectoralis (Wagl.). 



Ptilopus pectoralis, Salvad. op. cit. vol. iii. p. 60. 



a. 6- Mysol. 



b. 5 . Waigiou. 



c. 2 . Locality unknown. 



Iris dark yellow ; bill yellow ; feet dark red. Length 20-5-22'5 

 centims., wing 110. 



The female of this species much resembles that oi P. prasinorrhous, 

 but is distinguished by its smaller size and its shining green wings ; 

 and also by the under tail-coverts being white tipped with yellow, 

 the inner web green, while in P. prasinorrhous the tail-coverts are 

 dark green edged with yellow. 



177- Megaloprepia puella (Less.). 



Megaloprepia puella, Salvad. op. cit. vol. iii. p. 66. 



a-d. S • Waigiou. 



e,f. $ . Waigiou. 



g, h. S • Batanta. 



i. 5 . Batanta. 



k. 6- Mysol. 



I, m. 2 . "Mysol. 



n, o. 2 . Salwatti. 



Iris bright red, orange, or yellow, irrespective of locality ; bill red 

 at base, tip yellow ; tarsus green, or yellowish green. Length 

 variable, 31"8-36 centims., wing 15'8-17'l. Sexes alike. But 

 httle variation is apparent in the plumage of the above examples. 



178. Carpophaga myristicivora (Scop.). 

 Carpophaga myristicivora, Salvad. op. cit. vol. iii. p. 74. 



a. c?- Waigiou (Nov. 11th). 



b. Batanta. 



Iris indian red, brown in a ; bill and cere black ; feet red. 

 Length 45-46 centims., wing 2 7' 5. Cere not large. 



Salvador! doubts the accuracy of the locality in two of Bruijn's 

 examples said to have been obtained from Halmaheira. It is, how- 

 ever, not improbably correct, as we obtained this species in numbers 

 on the Weda Islands, which lie at the S.E. extremity of Gilolo. 



179. Carpophaga zoE^ (Less.). 

 Carpophaga soece, Salvad. op. cit. vol. iii. p. 94. 

 a. c?. Wammar, Aru. 



Iris white ; bill greenish slate ; tarsus dull pinkish red. Length 

 43'2 centims., wing 22. 



