collected in Dutch New Guinea. 295 



to be o£ this species. The whole plumage is dark green, 

 darker than in the adult o£ P. humeralis. The wing-coverts 

 are narrowly edged with pale yellow, the feathers o£ the back 

 slightly so, and all the feathers of the breast and belly, 

 especially down the middle line, are fringed with golden- 

 yellow. It measures as follows : — 



$ imm. Culmen from the feathers on the forehead 

 16 mm. ; wing 117 ; tail 54. 



"This Fruit-Pigeon was not so plentiful as P. gestroi, 

 with which it was found frequenting the same fruit- 

 bearing trees. It was extremely difficult to see amongst 

 the dense foliage, and it was only occasionally that one 

 could be distinguished, though when a shot was fired 

 numbers would leave the tree. It has a similar but more 

 melodious call than P. gestroi, and a swift straight flight.'^ — 

 C. H. B. G. 



Ptilonopus aurantiifrons. 



PtUoinis aurantiifrons Gray ; Salvad. Cat. p. 128 (1893). 



Ptiliiiopus aurantiifrons van Oort, p. 65 (1909). 



a-h. S ? . Mouth of the Mimika River, 13th Dec. 1910, 

 & Uth-20th March, 1911. [Nos. 118, 1150, 1169, 1171 *, 

 1178, 1185, 1204, 1209, C.B.B.G.] 



Iris orange, paler next the pupil ; orbits sulphur-yellow ; 

 bill sulphur-yellow, cere and base of the lower mandible 

 lake ; feet rich magenta. 



A single egg was procured at the mouth of the Mimika 

 River on the 15th of March, 1911, together with the 

 parent bird. No. 1171. It is white, almost devoid of gloss, 

 and of a regular oval shape, slightly pointed at one end. It 

 measures 34x24 mm. 



"This Fruit-Pigeon was only observed near the coast and 

 was especially plentiful in the mangrove-swamps. It was 

 met with in pairs or in lots of three. It has a low soft 'coo' 

 which is repeated several times, and its flight is swift and 

 dashing. When seen sunning itself on the comparatively 

 low mangrove-trees, it is a strikingly handsome bird." — 

 C.H.B.G. 



* With one egg. 



