:310 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



As regards size, the following are the wing-measuresnents 

 of specimens in the British Museum : — 



6 et 



o . 



Uelebes (ty 



pe-locahtyj. 



VYmg zzZ mm. 



?. 



Gilolo. 





?5 



212 „ 



o . 



Batchian. 





5» 



222-235 mm. 



o . 



Amboina. 





5) 



224 mm. 



o . 



Ceram. 





?5 



217 „ 



?. 



Salawatti. 





)5 



237 „ 



(?. 



Waigiu. 





5 5 



237 „ 



c?. 



South New 



Guinea. 



15 



231-244 mm. 



?., 



J? 



55 



Ji 



225-230 „ 



From the above measurements it will be seen that speci- 

 mens of typical JR. reimoardti from Celebes and the western 

 islands are rather smaller than the greyer form found in 

 New Guinea. Birds from Salawatti and Waigiu approach' 

 the New Guinea birds in size, and are perhaps somewhat 

 greyer on the mantle and underparts than those from 

 Celebes, Gilolo, Batchian, etc. 



" Reinwardt's Cuckoo-Dove was not uncommon, but not 

 nearly so plentiful as Macropygia cinereiceps. It has a swift 

 ftnd graceful flight, especially when seen crossing the open 

 beds of the rivers. It was by no means wild." — C. H. B. G, 



Chalcophaps stephani. 



Chalcophaps stephani Reichenb. ; Salvad, Cat. xxi. p. 520 

 (1893) ; van Oort, p. 63 (1909) ; Roths. & Harteit, N. Z. xx. 

 p. 480 (1913), 



a-c. ? . Wakatimi, Mimika River, 24th Dec. 1910-5th 

 March, 1911, [Nos. 181, 1067, 1095, C. B. B. G.'] 



• d-f. $ ? . Parimau, Mimika River, 28th Sept.-27th 

 Dec. 1910. [Nos. 273, 792, 849, C. H. B. G.'\ 



g. (J. Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 9th March, 1913, 

 [ C. B. KJ 



Iris dark chocolate-brown ; orbit deep lake ; bill red, deep 

 lake at the base ; feet bluish-lake. 



" This dainty little Dove spends all its time on the ground, 

 only perching in the trees when alarmed. It is by no 



