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marks appear on some of the feathers, while on the shoulders ` 
a fine maroon is visible and again on the under parts. The 
total length of the bird is fully two and a half feet. 
Another species, Goura sclaterii, says D’Albertis “is like the 
crested Goura, but differs from it in having an ashen colored 
instead of an iron-gray black.” Wallace mentions still another 
species, Goura steursii from Jobie, brought from there by the 
naturalist Rosenberg. 
The genus ELutrygon of New Guinea is represented by a sin- 
gle species namely, F. terrestris. This pigeon is a handsome 
dark leaden-gray bird with a whitish spot on the forehead. 
The wings, tail, back and rump are a shining light olive, 
the sides and under tail coverts rufous. A white collar encir- 
cles the neck and throat; bill small and bony. The smallest 
of the genus Ptilopus, Ptilopus nanus, is clothed in brorzy- 
green, set off by a strip of gray on either side the neck, by a 
patch of purple in the very middle of the abdomen, and yel- 
low touches on the wing coverts. Tail deep green; bright 
corn-yellow on under tail coverts. Female has no purple spot. 
The Tiny fruit pigeon it is called. 
Another pretty little pigeon is Ptilopus iozonus, purple- 
banded; this dainty miniature of its family is about 8 inches 
in length. The general color is green, becoming black along 
the extremities of the long wings. The tail beneath is yellow, 
buff and white ; legs yellow. 
The Chalcophaps margaritae (Philogoenas jobiensis) or white- 
chested pigeon strikes one at first as being brown or bronze in 
color, but further observation will show a greater variety of 
tint. Moreover, as with almost all pigeons, the fundamental 
color is rich with its reflected lights. The tail is black inter- 
mixed with blue, the head black and gray, the neck, breast 
and throat white. Elsewhere violet, blue, even pink are re- 
flected from the uniform metallic brown surface. This pigeon 
is small in size, timid and suspicious, and keeps to _ ground, 
rarely perching upon trees. 
A fine, large bird, nearly two feet in length, is Macropygia- 
reinwardtii, widely distributed over the archipelago. The 
under parts including the neck and head are pure white or 
