Species of Pigeon from New Guinea. 365 
Hab. in montibus “‘ Owen Stanley ” dictis, Nove Guineze 
meridionalis (Goldie). 
Obs. O. nobili certé affinis, sed cristé elongata nulla, torque 
cervicali zneo, maculé nuchali grisea nec eneo-viridi, dorso 
postico viridi nec purpureo, et caudaé minus elongata primo 
visu distinguenda. 
A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of receiving from 
Mr. Andrew Goldie a box containing a collection of bird- 
skins, made by this now well-known naturalist in the neigh- 
bourhood of Port Moresby, on the southern coast of New 
Guinea. Mr. Goldie’s collecting-ground extended inland to 
a distance of thirty miles from the coast towards the Owen 
Stanley range of mountains, which here forms the backbone, 
as it were, of New Guinea, and runs in a south-easterly 
direction to the extremity of the island. We have not yet 
been able to have the whole collection critically examined, 
but we do not hesitate to describe this magnificent Pigeon, 
which, so far as we are aware, has not previously been seen in 
Europe. 
In form it exactly corresponds with the only hitherto 
known member of the genus, Otidiphaps nobilis, a bird de- 
scribed by Mr. Gould ten years ago, and figured by him in 
the 23rd part of his ‘ Birds of Asia.” The latter species is an 
inhabitant of the north-western portion of New Guinea*, 
a few specimens being sometimes included in collections 
formed in the Arfak mountains, and is now a fairly well- 
known bird. The present species differs from O. nobilis in 
many marked details, which we have noticed above, and which 
are displayed in the accompanying figure. This should be 
compared with Mr. Gould’s plate, when the differences be- 
tween the two birds will be manifest. 
Besides the birds sent us by Mr. Goldie, we have also 
received from him a large collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera 
from the same districts where he obtained this new Ofidi- 
phaps. Amongst these are several species not previously 
known to us, showing that, in spite of the comparatively 
disappointing fauna of the low coast of Southern New 
* Cf. Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Genoy. ix. p. 207. 
