66 E. D. VAN OORT. BIRDS. 



Megaloprepia magnïfica puella (Lesson). 



Columba puella Lesson, Bull. Univ. Se. Nat. X, 1827, p. 400. 



Megaloprepia puella, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 66. — ■ Id. Cat. B. Br. M. XXI, 1893, p. 170. 



Coll. KOCH: 



Ad., Etna Bay, 14 Decemher 1904. Bill yellow, feet yellow-green. 

 Q, Etna Bay, 15 December 1904. Iris red, bill yellow, feet green. 



Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 60, çf, Noord River, 16 May 1907. Iris red, bill yellow, feet light green. 



N°. 101, Q, Noord River, 21 May 1907. Iris orange, bill yellow, feet greenish. 



N°. 194, çf, Van Weel's kamp, 5 June 1907. Iris orange, bill yellow, feet yellow-green. 



N°. 195, cf, Van Weel's kamp, 5 June 1907. Iris orange, bill yellow, feet yellow-green. 



N°. 210, Ç, Van Weel's kamp, 7 June 1907. Iris orange, bill yellow, feet green. 



N°. 216, Ç, Van Weel's kamp, 8 June 1907. Iris orange, bill yellow, feet green. 



N°. 217, Ç, Van Weel's kamp, 9 June 1907. Iris orange, bill yellow, feet green. 



The undersurface of the tail is black ; the undertailcoverts are greyish, in most of the 

 examples without greenish tinge, and margined with yellow. The colour of the undertailcoverts 

 seems to differ from that of spécimens from western New Guinea, in which as a rule the 

 undertailcoverts are conspicuously greenish, though there are in the Leyden Muséum spécimens 

 from Salawati, Sorong and the Lobo Bay, which agrée with the spécimens from the Noord 

 River. I had only one example of M. m. poliura Salvadori from the Fly River at my disposai ; 

 in this bird the undertailcoverts are also not green, but greyish, margined with yellow. 



Wing 155 tôt 165 mm. 



Carpophaga mullerii (Temminck). 



Columba mullerii Temminck, PL Col. 566, 1835. 

 Carpophaga mùlle7-ii, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 101. 

 Carpophaga muelleri, Salvadori, Cat. B. Br. M. XXI, 1893, p. 221. 



' Coll. LORENTZ: 



N°. 40, çf, Noord River, 10 May 1907. Iris dirty yellow, bill black, feet violet-red. 

 N°. 75, çf, Noord River, 18 May 1907. Iris brown, bill black, feet carminé. 

 N°. 76, Ç>, Noord River, 18 May 1907. Iris brown, bill black, feet carminé. 

 N°. 103, (f, Noord River, 21 May 1907. Iris dark brown, bill grey, feet carminé. 

 N°. 109, Ç>, Noord River, 22 May 1907. Iris yellow-brown, bill black, feet carminé. 

 N°. 118, çf, Noord River, 23 May 1907. Iris dark red, bill black, feet carminé. 

 No. 183, Q, van Weel's kamp, 1 June 1907. Iris brown, bill black, feet carminé. 



Carpophaga zocae (Lesson). 



Columba zoeae Lesson, Voy. Coqu. Zool. I, 1828, p. 205, pi. 39 



Carpophaga zoeae, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. III, 1882, p. 94. — Id. Cat. B. Br. M. XXI, 1893^.204. 



Coll. KOCH: 



Q, Etna Bay, 23 November 1904. Iris white, feet red. 



Native naine: Wissoe. 



