1892.] 



ON A COLLECTIOX OF BIKDS FKOM TONGOA. 



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The immature specimen lacks the roundish spot of white on 

 the smaller wing-coverts and the nearest scapulars, these feathers 

 beiug green as on the back; on the abdomen each feather has 

 the margin yellowish white. 



When seen towards the light (the head forwards), the green 

 colour of the back and tail is a strong violet purple (as in Pt. 

 greyi and other green-coloured species). 



Native name ,,Turi". It is comraon on the island. occurs 

 in flocks, and feeds upon a kind of fig („Narevo"), of the size 

 of an acorn. 



19. Carpophaga pacifica, (Gmel.) 1788. 



Columba pacifica, Gmel. Syst. Nat. Ed. XIII, Tom. I. p. 778 (1788). 

 Carpophaga pacifica, G. R. Gray, List Columb. Brit. Mus. App. p. 66 

 (1856); Wiglesworth, Av. Polyn. p. 51 (1891). 



3 Specimens. 



A. B. Young. C. Adult. 



Feeds upon some hard fruits. like plums. Native name 

 „Wipa". 



20. Macropygia rufa, Rams. 1878. 



Macropygia rufa, Ramsay, Proc. Lin. Soc. New South Wales, Vol. 

 II, p. 287 (1878); Wiglesworth, Av. Polyn. p. 54 (1891). 



1 Specimen. 



Adult. Length of wing 145 mm., tail 154 mm. 



The forked breast-feathers having blackish centre, the spe- 

 cimen most likely is a female (vide Wardl. Ramsay, Ibis 

 1890, p. 227 j. 



Not rare on Tongoa. It is always observed in the trees, 

 and is shy. 



Trykt 15 December 1892. 



