84 TRBRONIDiB. 



The eggs of Swainson's Fruit-Pigeon in tlie Collection measure 

 respectively : 1-2 by -87 ; 1-26 by -87. They have only a faint 



gloss. 



1. Cape York, N. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



Ptilopus ewingi, Gmld. 



Ptilinopua ewingii, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 107 (1865). 

 Ptilopus ewingi, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 96 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1899). 



The eggs of Ewing's Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection are gloss- 

 less and measure respectively : 1'15 by '79 ; 1"22 by '85. 



1. Somerset, Cape York, 3rd Dec. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C.l 



1. Somerset, 8th Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [0.]. 



Ptilopus fasciatus, Peah. ' 



Ptilonopus fasciatus, Finsch ^.Bartl. Fauna Centralpolyn. p. 116, t. ii. 



%. 3 (1867) ; Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 442. 

 Ptilopus fasciatus, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 98 (1893) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 67 (1899). 



The eggs of the Banded Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection are 

 without gloss, and measure respectively : 1'28 by '88 ; 1-27 by "92. 



]. Samoa, Sept. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [P.l. 



1. Samoa, Oct. Bev. S. J. Whitmee [P.]. 



Genus LAMPEOTRERON, Bp. 

 Lamprotreron superba (Temm. Sf Knip). 



Lamprotreron superbus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 108 (1865) ; 



Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 48 (1883) ; NoHh, Nests ^ 



Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 269 (1889). 

 Ptilopus superbus, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Sac. N. S. W. (2) i. p. 1151 (1887) ; 



Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 112 (1893). 

 Lamprotreron superba, SJiarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 68 (1899). 



The egg of the Superb Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection is glossless, 

 and measures 1'12 by "82. 



1. Somerset, Cape York, 29th Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [C], 



Genus MEGALOPREPIA, Eeiehenb. 

 Megaloprepia assimilis (Gould). 



Megaloprepia assimilis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. Ill (1865) ; 

 North, Nests Sr Fggs Austr. Birds, p. 270 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxi. p. 168 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 62 (1899). 



The eggs of the Allied Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection measure 



