collected in Dutch JSfeio Guinea. 305 



roost in the mangroves near my camp, and numbers were 

 shot and proved excellent eating. In the early morning 

 they frequented the dead trees along the sea-front, sunning 

 themselves in the first rays of the rising sun, afterwards 

 retiring for food into the depths of the swamps. 



"As the flocks passed, or were seen from a distance 

 perched on the tops of the mangroves, they presented a 

 snow-white appearance and were very striking objects in the 

 landscape."— C.^. 5. (;. 



Gymnophaps allDertisii, 



GymnopTiaps albertisii Salvad.; id. Cat. xxi. p. 240 (1893) ; 

 van Oort, p. 64 (1909); Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 479 

 (1913). 



a. ? . Kamura River, 18th May, 1910. [No. 1159, 

 G. C. S.] 



b, c. c? ? • Iwaka River, 10th & 12th Feb. 1911. 

 [No. 1014, 1036, C. H. B. G.'] 



d-f. $ . Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 9th & 10th 

 Dec' 1912, 2nd Jan. 1913. [C. B. K.] 



g. $ . Camp 2, Setakwa River, 9th Feb. 1913. 

 {C.B.K.'] 



h. S . Camp 6 B, Utakwa River, 4200 ft., 8th Feb. 1913. 

 [C.B.K.] 



i. S • Camp 6 c, Utakwa River, 5500 ft. 17th Feb. 1913. 

 IC.B.K.-] 



Male. Iris orange ; orbital skin sealing-wax red ; tip of 

 the upper mandible and base of the lower pinkish-grey, base 

 of the upper mandible and tip of the lower livid crimson ; 

 feet livid carmine. 



Female. Iris, inner ring orange, outer vermilion ; orbits, 

 lores, and nostrils vermilion ; tips of both mandibles rich 

 lilac, rest of lower mandible pearly-grey ; feet carmine. 



The female of this species is quite differently coloured 

 below from the male, a fact Avhich has not been made quite 

 clear by Count Salvadori. The chin and throat are grey, 

 instead of dark chestnut ; and the chest and breast are pale 



SER. X. — JUB.-SUPPL. 2. X 



