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a, ? . Wakatimi, Mimika River, 28th Dec. 1910. 

 [No. 199, G. H. B. Gr\ 

 h. ? . Upper Mimika River, 24th Jan. 1910. [No. 100, 



G. c. s:\ 



c. S. Parirnau, Mimika River, 16th Nov. 1910. [No. 

 500, C. H. B. G.'] 



d. S • White Water Camp, Kapare River, 4th Nov. 1910. 

 [No. 443, (7. H. B. G.] 



6,f- <S • Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 27th Nov. & 22nd 

 Dec' 1912. [C.B.K.\ 



Iris, inner ring sulphur-yellow, outer ring orange-chrome ; 

 orbits sulphur-yellow ; bill sulphur-yellow or olive, dull 

 yellowish towards the tip ; feet magenta or dull crimson. 



The extraordinary resemblance to P. gestroi in the 

 markings and colouring o£ this species has already been 

 drawn attention to in my notes in ' Pygmies and Papuans,' 

 which were republished in ' The Ibis,' 1913. The underparts 

 of the two species are practically indistinguishable, and on 

 the upperparts practically the only difference lies in the 

 markings of the wing- coverts and scapulars, which are 

 green with a subterminal spot of bright pink in the present 

 species, while in P. gestroi the least wing-coverts are 

 crimson and the next series as well as the scapulars are 

 grey fringed with greenish-yellow. 



This form is very closely allied to typical P. perlatus 

 from Western New Guinea ; but in all the specimens listed 

 above the grey subterminal band across the outer tail- 

 feathers, when viewed from above, is well-marked and 

 extends over the inner web and partially over the outer, 

 only the external portion being green. 



The British Museum possesses only three examples of 

 typical P. perlatus : in these the subterminal band is either 

 wanting or represented by a subterminal spot of grey on the 

 outer margin of the inner web. 



" This Fruit-Pigeon frequented the taller trees, where it 

 was found feeding on the fruit. At White Water Camp 

 on the Kapare River, many used to come to one very 

 tall tree in company with other Pigeons and numbers of 



