MEGALOPEEPIA. — CAEPOPHAGA. 85 



respectively: 1-4 by -95 j 1-39 by -95, and have a small amount of 

 gloss. 



1. Somerset, Cape York, 7th Dec. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [0. 



1. Somerset, 6th Jan. C. A. Barnard, Esq. [0 ' 



Megaloprepia puella (Less.). 



Carpophaga puella, Macgillivray, Voy. ' Jtattlesnake,' ii. p. 358 (1852). 

 Megaloprepia puella, Nehrkorn, J. f. O. 1885, p. 34 ; Salvadori, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxi. p. 170 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 63 (1899). 



The egg of the Fairy Eruit-Pigeon in the Collection measures 

 1-23 by "85, and is without gloss. 



1. Cape York, N. Australia {Capt. Voy. H.M.S. ' Rattlesnake.' 

 Stanley). 



Sub-Family CARPOPHAGINiE. 



Genus CARPOPHAGA, Selhy. 



Carpophaga insularis, Blyth. 



Carpophaga insularis, Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 367 

 (1890) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 185 (1893) : Sharpe, 

 Rand-l. i. p. 64 (1899). 



The egg of the JSTicobar Imperial Pigeon in the Collection 

 measures 1"9 by 1'37, and possesses a small amount of gloss. 



1. Trinkut Island, Nicobars, 17th Hume Coll. 



March ( W. Davison). 



Carpophaga aenea {Linn.). 



Carpophaga senea, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 348 ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 718 

 (1879) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 8( Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 366 (1890) ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 190 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 

 p. 64 (1899). 



The eggs of the Green Imperial Pigeon are fairly glossy, and 

 measure from 1-6 to 1-85 in length, and from 1-25 to 1"32 in 

 breadth. 



1. Labuan, Borneo. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



2. Port Blair, Andamans, 7th July Hume CoU. 



(-K. J. Wimherky). 

 1. Thoungyin River, Tenasserim, Hume Coll. 

 19th March (C. T. Bingham). 



Carpophaga rhodinolsema, Sd. 



Carpophaga rhodinolsema, Sclater, Zool. ' Challenger ' Exped. ii. pp. 31, 151 

 (1880) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 196 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 64 (1899). 



