318 ME. E. B. SHAEPE ON THE 



37. Paeibisea eaggiana. — P. raggiana, Scl ; Salvad. 6f 

 D'Alhert. t. c. p. 829; Salvad. t. c. p. 33. 



a, 6 juv. Aleya, April 1876. 

 l, 5 ad. Aleya, April 1876. 



Para. CoETiD^. 



38. CoEOKE OEETJ, Mull. ; Sliarpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 45. 



a, 6. Yule Island, Nov. 1875. Total length 18-5 inches, 

 culmen 2'5, wing 12'35, tail 7-3, tarsus 2*3. 



Pam. Oeiolidjs. 



39. Oeioltjs steiatus. — Miuieta striata {Q. Sf G.); Salvad. ^ 

 jy Albert, t. c. p. 828 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 39. — Oriolus striatus, Sharpe, 

 antea, p. 82. 



a, $ . Port Moresby, Nov. 1876. 



Pam. Stfenid^. 



40. Caloenis vieidescens, Gray ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 47. — 

 C. metallica, Salvad. Sf D' Albert, t. c. p. 827 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 38. 



a, c? . Yule Island, Nov. 1874. 



Count Salvadori identifies the Tule-Island bird with G. metal- 

 lica ; but it agrees better with C. viridescens, with a Dorey speci- 

 men of which I have compared it ; and it agrees with the latter in 

 wanting the purple shade upon the flank so conspicuous in the 

 true G. metallica. 



41. Eulabes dumonti. — Mino dumonti. Less.; Salvad. ^ 

 D' Albert, t. c. p. 328 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 39. — Eulabes dumonti, 

 Sharpe, antea, p. 82. 



o, $ . Aleya. 



Order COLUMB^. 

 Pam. CoLUMBiD^. 



42. GoTTEA ax-beetisii. — Gt. ^c\\eeT^mdi\eY\, Salvad. Sf I>' Albert. 

 Ann. Mus. Giv. Genov. vii. p. 797 {nee Finsch). — G. albertisii, 

 Salvad. Att. M. Ace. Torino, xi. pp. 627, 680, var. vii. 



a-e. Mainland of South-east Papua, Peb. 1873. 



Pive specimens of this fine Pigeon were sent. I give a detailed 

 description of the species, which has not been sent to England 

 before, and I add an account of a fine individual. 



Adult. General colour above greyish blue, rather lighter on 



