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Native name „Dendenga". Notcommon; visits the cocoa 

 trees in flocks ; and is said to feed upon the juice of the flowers. 



Columbae. 



16. Chalcophaps chry sochlora, (Wagl.) 1827. 



Columba chrysochlora, Wagl. Syst. Av. Col. Sp. 79 (1827). 

 Chalcophaps chrysochlora, Gould, Birds Austr. Pt. V, PJ. 02 (1843); 

 Wiglesworth, Av. Polvn. p. 57 (1891). 



2 Specimens. 



A. Young female. B. Adult. 



Native name „Manucavina". Common in all islands; it 

 feeds on the paths and open places in the forests. 



In the storaach of the young female I found gravel and 

 vegetable matter, amongst whicb a root (of the size of a nut). 



17. Ptilopus greyi, G. E. Gray 1859 



Ptilonopus greyi, G. R. Gray, List Birds Br. Mus. p. 4 (1856, decsr. 

 nulla): Cat. Birds Trop. Isl. Pac. Ocean, p. 38 (1859). 



Ptilopus greyi, Schl. Mus. P. Bas, Col. p. 7 (1873); Wiglesworth, Av. 

 Polyn. p. 51 (1891). 



2 Specimens. 



A. Male adult; the yellowish band, bordering the rose top 

 of the head, is very feebly indicated. 



B. Young; the red spot on the abdomen larger, than in the 

 adult male, extending up to the lower breast. 



Native name „ Synda". 



18. Ptilopus tannensis, (Lath.) 1790. 



? Columba curvirostra, var. /S, Gmel. Syst. Nat. Ed. XIII, Tom. I, p. 

 777 (1788). 



Columba tannensis, Lath. Ind. Om. Vol. II. p. 600 (1790). 

 Ptilopus tannensis, Wiglesw. Ibis 1891, p. 581 (1891); Do. Av. Polyn. 

 p. 47 (1891). 



2 Specimens. 



A. Young. B. Adult. 



