MATHEWS— Birds of North and North-West Australia. 85 



Geopelia placida (Gould), Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1844, p. 

 55. Port Essington. 



No. 85. Length, 7.3 inches. (2/6/86). Irides, grey; orbi- 

 tal space, grey; bill, brown; legs and feet, flesh colour. 



No. 235— Female. Length, 8.3 inches. (29/8/86). Irides, 

 bluish white; orbital space, pale green; bill, 'light brown, 

 becoming blue over the nostrils; feet and legs, flesh colour; 

 scales, purple. 



No. 455— Male. Length, 8.4 inches. (27/10/86). Irides, 

 pale greenish white; orbital space and soft parts on bill, 

 beautiful pale greenish white, tinged with blue on the lores, 

 and slate colour showing chiefly on the soft parts of the bill; 

 feet and legs, fleshy white, with purple scales. 



No. 462— Male. Length, 8.4 inches. (28/10/86). 



17. Stictopeleia cuneata mungi. Western Spotted-shouldered 



Dove. 



Geopelia cuneata mungi (Mathews), Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII. , 

 p. 187, 1912. Mungi, North-west Australia. 



No. 238— Male. Length, 8.2 inches. (13/7/86). 



No. 457— Female. Length, 7.9 inches. (27/10/86). Irides, 

 red; eyelids, brown; orbital space, red; bill, dark brown, with 

 its soft parts of a leaden colour ; legs and feet, white. 



18. Phaps chalcoptera consobrina. Northern Bronze- 



winged Pigeon. 



Phaps chalcoptera consobrina (Mathews), Nov. Zool., Vol. 

 XVIII., p. 188, 1912. Parry's Creek, North-west Australia. 



No. 313 = 312— Male. Length, 14.1 inches. (13/9/86). 



No. 233— Female. Length, 13.3 inches. (12/7/86). Irides, 

 brown; bill, dark brown; legs and feet, red. 



A nest containing two young, about a fortnight old, was 

 found on 13/10/86. The nest (which is a very slight struc- 

 ture and exceedingly small for the bird, is composed of twigs, 

 and put together very roughly, like the majority of nests of 

 the Golumbidae) was .placed in a small tree about 9 feet from 

 the ground. On going near the tree the old bird left very 

 quietly (and not with the noise always made with the wings 

 as these birds take flight), and, flying to the ground about 10 

 yards from the tree, appeared to have a broken leg or wing. 

 Suspecting these actions the bird was nevertheless followed 



