CHALCOPHAPS CIIllYSOCHLORA. 



(Little Green Pigeon.) 



Head, upper part of the back, neck, chest, and abdomen, rich vinous brown ; shoulder white, margined above with blackish grey ; lower 

 portion of the back, and upper tail coverts, deep grej, crossed with three lighter bands ; wing coverts, scapularies, and uppermost tertiaries, 

 shining bronzy green ; primaries and spurious wing, brown ; tail, blackish brown, except the two outer feathers on each side, which are light 

 grey, broadly banded with black near the tip ; ventral portion, brownish grey ; under tail coverts, black ; feet, purplish red ; tip of the bill, 

 orange red — the base, purple ; eyelids, lilac red ; irides, nearly black. The female is similar to the male, but less brightly colored. 



Length, 11 inches; wing, 6; tail, 4; bill, |; tarsus, I. 



This very beautiful little pigeon is plentiful in the scrubs of Queensland, and the northern portions of New South Wales, 

 becoming less abundant to the south. It is generally seen feeding on the ground. The berries and seeds of various wild trees furnish it with 

 an abundant supply of food; and it is sometimes in the habit of visiting, gardens, to feed upon the fruit of the mulberry, of which it seems to 

 be excessively fond. The stomach of a specimen shot near Brisbane, which I examined, was filled with an oval-shaped purple berry, about 

 half an inch in length, which Mr. Hill, the curator of the Brisbane Botanical G-ardens, informed me was the fruit of " Psychatria Daphnoides " 

 (order Rubiacea;). When disturbed, this bird rises rapidly, and flies to a short distance, and then, alighting suddenly, remains so quiet as to 

 be with difficulty discovered. It is rather strange that nothing should be known of the nest or eggs up to the present time ; and it would 

 afford me much satisfaction to receive any intelligence concerning them. 



CHALCOPHAPS LONGIHOSTMS. 



(Long-hilled Qreen Pigeon.) 



This species is here given on the authority of Mr. Grould. It diifers from the former in the plumage, being brighter, and the bill much 

 longer. In other respects, it is altogether similar in size, color, and markings, to the above. Habitat, Port Essington. 



