388 THE CRUISE OF THE ' CUIiAQOA.' 



PLATE XVIII. 

 GABPOPHAGA BBENGHLEYI. 



(Carpophaga Brenchleyi, G. S. Gr. Ann. and Mag. N. H. 1870, ^J. 328.) 



Front of head greyish white, witli the hind head grey ; cheeks 

 and throat pale chestnut ; upper surface plumbeous black, tinged 

 with grey ; tail above, when closed, black, with the outer feathers, 

 when expanded, and beneath all the feathers rufous chestnut ; 

 beneath the body of a very dark rufous chestnut, shading into a 

 lighter colour on the lower abdomen and imder tail-coverts. 



Length 16", wings 8" 9'", bill \". 2'", tarsi 1". 



' Eyes yellow. Contents of stomach, large seeds and fruits. 

 Male.' 



This fine l)ird, of which there is only a single specimen, was 

 collected at Wanga, San-Christoval, where it feeds on various 

 kinds of seeds, amongst which are those of a species of Canarium. 

 The soft j)ulp that surrounds the hard shell wherein the seed is 

 placed must be the portion that nourishes the bird during the 

 period it can be obtained. 



