394 Mr. Alfred R. Wallace on the 



112. Chalcophaps stephani, Homb. & Jacq. Voy. au Pole 

 Sud, t. 38. f. 2. 



Hah. North Celebes [Wall). 



Iris narrow, dark olive-brown ; eyelids dull red ; bill bright 

 yellowj feet blood-red. Length 11 in. ; wing 5^ in. 



113. Chalcophaps hombroni, n. sp. (C stephani, pt., Bp. 

 Consp.) 



Similis C. stephani, sed minor ; fronte cseruleo-grisea, collo 

 et dorso rufis nee violaceis. 



Smaller than C. stephani-, rufous, above dusky rufous; fore- 

 head slate-colour ; the middle and larger wing- coverts and ends 

 of the tertiaries golden green ; back black, with two yellowish 

 bands; bill red; feet purple-red; iris dark olive. Length 

 9^ in.; wing 5^ in. 



Hah. New Guinea, Waigiou, Mysol {Wall). 



Geopelia, Sw. 



114. Geopelia maugeii, Temm. ; Knip, Pig. i. t. 52; Bp. 

 Consp. ii. p. 94. 



Hah. Timor, Plores {Wall). 



Iris pinky white, orbits buff; bill lead-colour ; feet dull purple. 

 Length 10 in. 



115. Geopelia striata, L. ; Knip, Pig. i. t. 47 : Bp. Consp. 

 ii. t. 94. 



Hah. Lombock {TVall), Java {B. M.), China {B. M.). 



Cal(enas, Gray. 



116. Cal(ENAS nicobarica, L. ; Knip, Pig. i. t. 2; Bp. 

 Consp. ii. p. 95. 



■ Hah. Batchian, New Guinea {Wall.) ; widely distributed over 

 the archipelago. 



Iris dark brown ; feet reddish purple ; bill and cere lead-black. 



This remarkable species feeds on the ground, and has a heavy 

 but powerful flight. I have positive information of its having 

 been taken at sea, making for a small island one hundred miles 

 north of New Guinea. This fact will help to explain its curious 

 distribution over the whole archipelago ; but it is everywhere 

 scarce, and generally confined to the small outlying islets, where 



