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A NATURALIST'S WAmSBINQS 



onco distinguishable by the absence of purple on the back j the head is 

 purple ; and it is known as C. fmrpureiceps. [H. 0. F.} 



47. CaiiOBnib crassa, Sclator. 



Obscure cinerficea-virklh niiort diaJjfheo ; mtUvSt pnxcipue in venirtt pauh 

 ma^ft's dnei'acm ; tithmudnqne nit/ris extm tlomi cohrtJamtt's ; rernigum 

 mari/iuihus inii'riorihns /it^tfp'vasts ; row/m ei jialtbtts niffris ; mnda 

 fere (Equttii uui jHtnfuni rotunduia: Imu/, tola 7"3, a/a- 4'1, caudcB 2"8, 

 Fem, Sujnn ciricrarea^ sffriis scnparum nt fin's variegata ; alh caudaque 

 fmco fihris ; subttis albft ui«jroJf/tmmiUa(u i cras&itie /ere eadem. 



ifah. Larat, ins. Tcnimbereasfm. 



Obs. Species cauda fere saiuali, corpore crasso, rostro robusto et colore 

 maris iinifomii notabilis. 



Both male (August 1st) and female ( Angust Sth) are marked " Irides 

 dark brown ; bill, le^, and feet black," 



48. CoRVUS tATiROSTBis, Slejer, op, snp. eit. 



Conms vuh'rlimimv^, Solater, loc. cit. 

 49- EuETSTOMPs PAoiPicTja, Lath, fide Meyer, op. sup. cit 

 60. CAPftiMULaua siACBUiipa. Horsf. 

 51. HmD>T)o jATANicA, SpaiTm. 



V. COLCMB^. 



62. Pttlopus wALLAcn, Gr. 



53. D, LBrrcENBis, Schl. fide Meyer. 



54. P. XAJJTHOG ASTER, WflgL 



p. Jlavomreseens, Meyer, op, eup. cit. 



The designation Piilopm /latmirmceits has been proposed by Dr. Meyer 

 for the Timor-lattt Pigeon determined hy Dr. Sclater as xanthoffoster 

 (WagL). The difference lieejie notes, in the " Gelbgriinlichgrane" of the 

 head and neck. From a carefol comparifwn of my own skiiiR T^itli those 

 in the British Mnsenm, I feel conJident that the differences oliseryed by 

 Dr. Meyer will ]*e found to be those due to age only. Very young birds 

 have a grey band over the forehead , and the rest of the bead with the 

 neck and l»aek nearly of the Fame shade of green ; with advancing age we 

 find every shade of green and yellowish- green to Dr. Meyt^r^s •* Gelbgrtln- 

 licbgrane." The head of the fully adult bird ie pnrplish^grey, each 

 feather having a pale yellow sulimarginat crescent across it. 



Some of the skins obtained l>y me iiiffer as to head and neck in no 

 regpeet from specimens brought by Mr. Wallace from Banda ; others have 

 the head and neck of a grey colour tinctured with every shade through 

 green-l lue to yellow, differing acconling to the age of the birds. I cannot 

 detect in tlie speciniens I have, any difference in breadth of the "Golb der 

 Kehle " as compared with Mr. Wallace's specimens ; nor is tlie hrmst shtcfd 

 constantly of one shade in all the specimens I have examined. In the 

 Banda example (of Wallace) it is darker than any Timor-laut ejiecimen 

 l:>efore me. In agreement with all those in the British Museum, my 

 Timor-laut Bpecimens have the outer margin of the primariea and 

 secondaries as in Salvadori's description, " flavo-margiDatia." [H, 0. F,] 



65. Cabpophaga concinka. Wall. 



56, C. rosacea, Temm, 



57, Mybisticivoba bicolor, Scop. 



58, Macropyoia nMonLAOBNSie, Meyer, op. snp. eit. 



Macropytjia keierssh, Sal v. 



Mfirrnptf(/ia fiji. inc., Sclater, P, Z. S. 1883, loc. mp. cit. 



