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the upper tail-coverts ; tail blue, with a broad terminal band of 

 bluish white ; wing-coverts greyish blue like the back, the greater 

 series milky white tipped with maroon, forming a large alar spe- 

 culum, the outermost and innermost of the greater series blue 

 tipped with maroon ; quills dark greyish blue, deeper on the 

 outer web ; head with the usual enormous crest, many of the long 

 crest-plumes being bluish white at their tips, imparting a silvery 

 appearance ; crown of head and sides of face rather clearer blue 

 than the back, the feathers in front of and round the eye, as well 

 as the fore part of the cheeks, black ; throat and fore neck blue, 

 the latter somewhat purplish ; rest of under surface of body rich 

 maroon ; the lower abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts greyish 

 blue, as also the under wing- coverts and lower surface of the 

 quills. Total length 31 inches, wing 15'6, tail 11 "0, tarsus 

 3-55. 



Count Salvadori is, in my opinion, quite right in keeping this 

 fine Pigeon distinct from G. scJieepmaJceri of Finsch, as the whitish 

 tips to the crest-feathers, the maroon tips to the specular coverts 

 of the wing, and the absence of a black band along the upper edge 

 of the alar speculum present characters which differ so strikingly 

 from G. scheepmaTceri, that it is impossible to believe that they 

 can be identical. 



43. Phlog(enas jobiensis. — Chalcophaps jobiensis, Meyer. — 

 C. margarethae, Salvad. Sf D' Albert, t. c. p. 836 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 44. 



a. Adult without label. 



h. Mainland of S.E. Papua, Feb. 29, 1876. 



44. Chalcophaps chetsochloba. — C. chrysochlora (TFayZer); 

 Salvad. Sf D^ Albert, t. c. p. 836 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 43. 



a. Aleya, Aj^ril 1875. Eyes dark brown ; feet and tarsi colour 

 of recent muscular tissue. Total length 10 inches, culmen 0"85, 

 wing 5 9, tail 3' 75, tarsus 0'9. 



b. Mainland of S.E. Papua, Feb. 29, 1876. Total length 10-5 

 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 6'1, tail 3'6, tarsus 0'85. 



Fam. Caepopuagid^. 



45. Caepophaga pinon. — C. pinon {Q. Sf G.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 41- 

 a. Mainland to the east of Yule Island, Feb. 1876. 



46. Caepophaga muelleei. — C. muelleri, Temm. ; Salvad. t. c 

 p. 41. 



