KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 52. N:o |7. 33 
Nov., that is to say in the month at the end of which, or after which, the rains 
and thunderstorms usually begin. 
Colwmbiformes. 
Fam. Peristeridee. 
Geopelia humeralis TEMM. 
Math. handl. n:r 33. J juv. Nooncanbah, Fitzroy r. !9/;2 1910 moult; SJ ad. Beagle bay, Dampier 
land 15/7 1911; 9 ad. ibid. ?t/7 1911. 
Juvenal. — The young has pale rufous freckled feathers in the grey on the 
breast and head and a tint of cinnamon on the upper surface, representing pale 
bands behind the black bands on the feathers. Some of the primaries and secon- 
daries cinnamon rufous on both webs. 
Moulting. — The young of the '?/12 is in a typical moulting state. Neck and 
head are especially so, though nearly ready in colour. Back with pins. One of the 
primaries is just growing out in each wing. 
It is interesting to note that this newly obtained plumage of the adult has, 
in the beginning, a much more cinnamon tint compared with that of the specimens 
in July. On the latter a pale grey-brown margin corresponds to the same part of 
the feather of the moulting bird. A mere discoloration (bleaching) of the cinnamon 
colour has produced the dark grey-brown coloured back in the adults. 
Ecological. — This species was shot at Fitzroy (Nooncanbah) and at Beagle 
bay (Dampier land) and also on Sunday Island. At the latter place I found 
it very common in the mangroves. It often came to the fresh-water wells near 
the shore to drink. But it also stayed in the Eucalyptus vegetation up on the 
hills of the islands, though not so commonly. In Beagle bay it was but rarely met 
with around the missionary stations (8 Eng. miles from the coast). Here it lived 
in the very thick, twiggy brushwood and appeared to be rather timid. It had a 
loud cooing. Before sunset it was seen sitting in the tops of the trees, and from 
there it would suddenly swing itself down at the place that it had chosen for the 
night. 
Geopelia placida GouULD. 
Math. handl. n:r 34. 4 SS ad: Nooncanbah !3/:2, ?3/12 1910, 3/1, £/1 1911; all moult. part.; 9 juv. 
pda L9LI) moult; sc Pr ad. ibid. .-/1, -/, TOP, moult. part.; "!/1 1911; 2 SI ad Meda, Derby, ?5/5 
1911, one moult.; 1 2 ad.; 2 SS ad. Beagle bay, Dampier land 9/7, !7/7, 29/7 1911, moult. part. 
Juvenal. — The young of the 1l2th of Jan. has just moulted. The back 
is on the whole the same as in the adults but the feathers (like that of the 
preceding species) have pale rufous buff margins. The first series of the large wing- 
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