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Myristicivoea, Reichenbach. 

 143. Myristicivoea bicolor. 



Le Pigeon blanc mangeur de Muscade de la Nouvelle Guinee, Sonnerat, Voy. Nouv. Gvdn. p. 169, 



pi. 103. 

 Columba bicolor, Scopoli', Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 94, no. 97 (1786), ex Sonn. ; Cassin, Un. 



St. E.xpl. Exped. 2nd ed. p. 265, pi. 28, 6 adult. 

 Columba alba, Gm. S. N. i. p. 780, no. 53 (1788), ex Sonn. 

 Columba littoralis, Temm. Knip. i. pt. 2, p. 15, pi. 7, " Java, New Guinea" (1811) ; Pig. etGallin. 



i. pp. 99, 448 (1813) . 

 Carpophaga casta, Peale, Un. St. Expl. Exped. 1st ed. Zool. p. 204, " Sooloo Islands" (1848) ; 



Hartlaub, Archiv f. Naturgesch. xiii. Jakrgang, i. p. 116. 



Hub. Negros, March {Meyer). 



The example above referred to, a male {fide Meyer), in no way differs from an 

 authentic New-Guinea individual. It possesses fourteen rectrices. Several examples 

 collected near Malacca by Mr. Maingay ^ are also not to be distinguished, and all 

 possess fourteen rectrices. A large series of this species, as well as of M. luctuosa, was 

 sent from Celebes by Dr. Meyer; but unfortunately no exact localities were given. 

 This Pigeon appears to extend from the Andamans and Java to New Guinea, timing its 

 migrations according to the ripening of the various fruits it feeds on^. 



Hemiphaga, Bonaparte. 

 144. * Hemiphaga poliocephala. 



Carpophaga poliocephala, G. R. Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus. Gallina, iii. p. 6, " Philippines " (1844), 

 descr. nulla; Gray & Mitch. Genera, ii. p. 469, pi. 119; List Birds Brit. Mus. Columba, p. 22, 

 no. 22 (1856) ; Hand-list, no. 9223; Hartl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 91 {descr. princeps) ; Schlegel, 

 Mus. Pays-Bas, ColumbcB, p. 92. 



Hemiphaga poliocephala (G. R. Gray), Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxix. p. 1077 (1854) ; Consp. ii. p. 39 

 (1857). 



Hab. Philippines {Cuming) ; Luzon {Hartlaub, Gevers). 



This Pigeon is a representative form of H. forsteni, ex Celebes. 



• Conf. Cassin (I. c.) on Scopoli's title. 



' Mr. Maingay, in his MS. notes on this species, states that it is never found on the mainland of the 

 Malaccan peninsula. It arrives at the Water Islands, nine miljBS from Malacca, about the beginning or middle of 

 July, is abundant towards the latter end of August, and departs towards the end of September. Captain 

 PinwiU observed a flock pass over Pinang in July, but adds that they are not found on that island. 



' On the range of M. bicolor, cf. Schlegel, Neder. Tijdachr. iii. p. 205. 



