CHALCOFQAFS. 2?! 



1"4 inch in length by ,0-95 inch in breath. From the Macleayan 

 Mus. CM. {North, P.L.S., N.S. TT., 2nd Series, Vol. ii., p. 410.) 

 Hah. Cape York, Rockingham Bay. (Bamsay.) 



Genus LOPHOLAIMUS, G. R. Gh-ay. 



LOPHOLAIMUS ANTAROTIOTJS, Shaw. 

 Top-knot Pigeon. 

 Gould, Handhh. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 458, p. 116. 



The habitat of this bird is the rich brushes of the eastern coast 

 of the continent of Australia, such as are to be found clothing the 

 sides of the Richmond and Clarence Rivers in New South Wales, 

 and Rockingham Bay in Queensland. An egg of this species 

 taken by Mr. Theodore McLennan from the oviduct of a bird 

 shot on the Bellinger River during the month of December, is 

 quite white and rough to the touch, without any gloss, which may 

 be accounted for by its being, immature ; in form a long oval 

 slightly pointed at the thinner end. Long diameter 1"85 ; short 

 diameter 1'25 inches. 



JETab. Cape York, Rockingham Bay, Port Denison, Wide Bay 

 District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South 

 Wales, Tasmania. {Ramsay ) 



Genus CHALCOPHAPS, Gould. 



2 CHALCOPHAPS CHRYSOCHLORA, Wagler. 



Little Green Pigeon. 

 Gould, Eandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 459, p. 118. 



Mr. George Barnard, of Coomooboolaroo, Duaringa, Queensland, 

 informs me that a nest of this species taken by one of his black 

 boys on the Dawson River, on the 6th of February 1887, was a 



