312 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



The types o£ H. albifrons are in the British Museum. They 

 were collected by Wallace in Waigiu, and described and 

 figured by Gray (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861; p. 432, pi. xliv., 

 Register Nos. 62. 9. 11. 29-31). 



There are also two specimens in the British Museum from 

 Arfak, New G-iiinea, obtained by Wallace^s ci3llector in 1861, 

 which came into the Museum later : one through Wallace 

 himself in 1873 (73.5.12.2070) and the other through 

 Gould in 1881 (81. 5. 1.2810). 



In 'The Ibis,' 1865, p. 392, Wallace says :— "This curious 

 species weIs first shot by myself in Waigiu ; it was after- 

 wards obtained by my collector in New Guinea." 



The type-s]oecimens of H. albifrons from Waigiu seem 

 to be altogether smaller than birds from New Guinea and 

 have a much smaller bill. 



The form found in the Aru Islands has been separated 

 as H, sclilegeli (Rosenb.). The only typical example in the 

 British Museum is an adult male procured by Mr. Walter 

 Goodfellow at Silbattabatta in February 1904. This bird does 

 not seem to differ from those from South-east New Guinea, 

 except that the underparts are more vinaceous and less grey^ 

 ■Vvhich is probably caused by Wear. I have^ therefore, adopted 

 Rosenberg's name for the larger New Guinea form of this 

 Pigeon. 



Mr. Claude Grant found the White-fronted Ground-Dove 

 tolerably common, but very wary. It is distinctly a ground- 

 haunting species^ though it often perches in the large trees. 

 Males were seen showing off to the females after the manner 

 of the Wood-Pigeon. 



On being disturbed, they fly for a considerable distance, 

 the flight being swift and straight considering the density 

 and close proximity of the trees. 



Phlogoenas rufigula. 



Phlogcenas rufigula Bonap.; Salvad. Cat. xxi. p, 588 (1893). 

 a-c. c? ? . Mimika River, 6th Feb.-9th March, 1910, 

 [W. G„ & Nos. 1032, 1101, G. C. Sr\ 



