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-Y 51a. Geopelia placida melvillensis, subsp. n. 

 Melville Island Ground-Dove. 



Differs from G. p. placida in its larger size and lighter 

 upper-coloration. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 11,374. 

 Range, Melville Island. 



59a. Phaps chalcoptera riordani, subsp. n. 

 Melville Island Bronze-winged Pigeon. 



Differs from P.c. consobrina in having a lighter forehead, 

 darker back and more pinkish under-surface. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 11,376. 

 Range, Melville Island. 



66a. Petrophassa albipennis alisteri, subsp. n. 

 Allied White -quilled Rock-Pigeon. 



Differs from P. a. albipennis in being dark uniform 

 brown above, altogether lacking the rufous-brown of 

 typical birds. 



Type Napier Broome Bay, North-west Australia, No. 

 5,632. 



Range, North-west Australia. 



Note.— Gould described P. a. albipennis as "all the upper surface, 

 chest and tail rufous brown." Birds agreeing with Gould's description 

 come from about Wyndham, and as Gould said his type came from 

 ^ Western ■Australia, I designate Wyndham as the type-locality. Birds 

 from the Victoria River in the Northern Territory agree with those 

 from Wyndham. 



69a. Geophaps smithi blaatjwi, subsp. n. 

 Western Naked-eyed Partridge-Pigeon. 



Differs from G. s. smithi in its lighter upper-coloration, 

 and in the colour of the naked eye-space being yellow, 

 not scarlet. 



Type, Napier Broome Bay, North-west Australia, No. 

 5,634. 



