12 ZIETZ — Avifauna of Melville Island, Northern Territory. 



son with insular forms. It will be noticed in this paper thai 

 several birds have been queried; this is due to not yet having 

 their mainland representatives or sufficient material for com 

 parison. In some instances no difference could be found, but 

 others again showed a decidedly constant darker shade in plu- 

 mage, and others were either larger or smaller than their main- 

 land representatives. Those species prefixed by an asterisk 

 had not been previously recorded, and those prefixed by an "O" 

 were not contained in Mr. Dodd's collection. 

 All measurements are given in millimeters. 

 5a. Megapodius duperreyi melvillensis — Melville Island 



Scrub-Fowl. 

 10a. Gorturnix australis melvillensis — Melville Island 



Brown Quail. 

 27a. Turnix castanota melvillensis — Melville Island Chest 



nut-backed Quail. 

 .''9a. Ptilinopus regina melvillensis — Melville Island Rose- 

 crowned Pigeon. 

 43a. Myristicivora bieolor melvillensis — Melville Island 



Nutmeg Pigeon. 

 50a. Geopelia humeralis apsleyi — Melville Island Barred- 

 shouldered Dove. 

 51a. Geopelia placida melvillensis — Melville Island Ground 

 Dove. 

 J *57a. Chalcophaps chrysochlora melvillensis subsp. n. — Melville 

 Island Green Pigeon. 



Crown of head and nape paler and wings longer than 

 specimens from the Northern Territory, Cape York, 

 and Richmond River, New South Wales, length of 

 wing 161, Northern Territory 150 and 151, Cape 

 York 147, Richmond River 158. 

 59a Phaps chalcoptera riordani — Melville Island Bronze 



winged Pigeon. 

 09b. Geo phaps smithii cicilae — Melville Island Naked-eyed 



Partridge Pigeon. 

 S4a. Eiilaueomis castaneoventris melvilli — Melville Island 

 Rail. 

 *212 Hypsibates leucoeephalus subsp.? (immature) — White- 

 headed Stilt. 

 240a. Drediparra gallinaeea melvillensis — Northern Jacana. 

 *241 Stiltia Isabella subsp.? (immature) — Australian Pratin- 

 cole. 



