collected in Dutch Neiv Guinea. ol3 



d-f. S ?. Parimau, Mimika River, 6th Sept. -19th 

 Dec. 1910. [Nos. 145, 777, C. H. B. G., & 1513, 

 G. C. S.] 



g-l. c? ? et (^ $ imm. Wataikwa River^j 18th Sept.- 

 16th Oct. 1910. [Nos. 1179, 1266, 1299, 1375, 1379, 

 G. C. S.'] 



m. S' Wataikwa River, 3rJ Oct. 1910. [No. 1298, 

 G. C. S.'] 



Iris dark claret- or violet-colour ; orbital skin and bill 

 mulberry or dark claret-colour ; legs and feet purple or dull 

 claret. 



The typical form of this species was met with between 

 the Mimika and Wataikwa Rivers. One adult male specimen 

 (No. 1298) from the latter district appears to be intermediate 

 between P. rufigula and P. r. helviventris, inasmuch as the 

 area above and behind the eye is pinkish-lavender like the 

 sides of the neck, and not grey. In P. r. helvivefitris the 

 dark purplish-maroon crown descends almost to the orbit, 

 leaving only a narrow superciliary band, which, as already 

 indicated, is pale pinkish-lavenderi The two forms are no 

 doubt very closely allied. Two immature birds from the 

 Setakwa River with the tips of the wing-coverts grey fringed 

 with rufous and the upper breast reddish-chestnut show some 

 grey behind the eye, a point which has already been noted by 

 Messi's. Rothschild and Hartertj but the adult birds appear 

 to me to be separable. 



It would thus seem that P. r. helviventris is confined to 

 Southern New Guinea, and extends from the Fly River west- 

 wards to the Utakwa River and possibly to the Wataikwa 

 River, where it intergrades with P* rii/igula. It also occurs 

 on the Aru Islands. To the west of the Wataikwa River 

 and to the east of the Fly River, and in the north of New 

 Guinea, typical P. rufigula is found, as also on the islands of 

 Waigiu, Salawatti, Misol, and Jobi; 



"This Ground-Dove is quite common, but is very wary and 

 takes flight at the least alarm. 



" A nest found was placed very close to the ground. The 



