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Family GOURIDyE. 



Genus GOURA, Stejph. 



Goura coronata (Linn.). 



Goura coronata, Wallace, Ibis, 1865, p. 395 ; Salmdori, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xxi. p. 620 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 91 (1899). 



The egg of the Common Crowned Pigeon ill the Collection 

 measures 2-27 by 1"62, and is moderately glossy. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Zool. Society. 

 London). 



Goura victoria {Fraser). 



Goura victoria, Meyer, Sitz. u. Abh. Ges. Isis, 1884, Abh. i. p. 52 ; 

 Sahadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 624 (1893) ; Sharpe, Band-l. i, 

 p. 91 (1899). 



The egg of the Victoria Crowned Pigeon in the Collection is 

 glossy, and measures 1"95 by 1-45. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 London). 



Family DIDUNCULIDiE. 



Genus DIDUNCULUS, Peale. 



Didunculus strigirostris {Jard.). 



Didunculus strigirostris, Finsch Sr Sartl. Fauna Centralpolyn. p. 150, t. iii, 

 fig. 1 (1867) ; Newton, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 164, pi. xv. fig. 6 ; Whttmee, 

 P. Z. S. 1874, p. 183 ; Sahadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 626 

 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 92 (1899). 



The egg of the Tooth-billed Pigeon in the Collection is but 

 slightly glossy, and measures 1-78 by 1-2 *. 



1. Laid on board ship. A. D. Bartlett, Esq. 



* The egg of this species, as figured by Messrs. Finsch and Hartlaub {I. c), 

 is of a dark brown colour. The specimen in the Collection is white. 



