Order C0LUMBIF0RME8 
No. 28. 
Family TRERONID^. 
MEGALOPREPIA MAGNIFICA ASSIMILIS. 
ALLIED FRUIT-PIGEON. 
(Plate 26.) 
Carpophaqa ASSIMILIS Gould, P.Z.S., p. 201 (1850), Cape York, North Queensland. 
Carpophiga assimilis Gould, P.Z.S., p. 201 (1850) ; id., B. Austr., SuppL, p. 67 (1869) ; 
Forbes, P.Z.S., p. 126 (1878). 
Megaloprepia pudla (part) Bonaparte, Consp. Av., II., p. 40 (1854). 
Carpophaga puella Cassin (not Lesson), Pr. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad., p. 231 (1854). 
Megaloprepia assimilis Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., XL., p. 217 (1855). 
Megaloprepia assimilis Gould, Handb. B. Austr., IL, p. Ill (1865) ; Ramsay, P.Z.S., p. 115 
(1876) ; North, P.L.S., N.S.W. (2), H., p. 410 (1887) ; id., Austr. Mus. Cat., No. 12, 
p. 270 (1889) ; Salvador!, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXL, p. 168 (1893) ; North, Rec. 
Aust. Mus., III., p. 17 (1897) ; Robinson and Laverock, Ibis, p. 646 (1900) ; 
Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. B., p. 667 (1901) ; Oates, Cat. Birds’ Eggs Brit. 
Mus., I., p. 84 (1901) ; Mathews, Hand!. B. Austral., p. 9 (1908). 
Ptilopus assimilis Schlegel, Mus. P. B. Columbse, p. 38 (1873) ; Elliott, P.Z.S., p. 574 (1878) ; 
HaU, Key B. Austr., p. 69 (1906) ; Le Souef, Wild Life in Austr., p. 281 (1907). 
Megaloprepia magnifca var. assimilis Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., I., p. 182 (1876). 
Ptilinopus {Megaloprepia) assimilis Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B., p. 18 (1888). 
Distribution. North Queensland. 
Advlt male. Like M. magnifica in every respect and differing only by its smaller size ; 
“ Bill red, tip yellow ; iris red ; feet green ” (E. Olive). Total length, 377 mm. ; 
culmen, 30 ; wing, 206 ; tail, 160 ; tarsus, 29. 
Adtdt female. The same as the male, but smaller. Total length, 370 mm. ; culmen, 27 ; 
wing, 203 ; tail, 159 ; tarsus, 27. 
Nest. “ A platform of small twigs, about four inches in diameter ; usually placed at a 
height of from ten to fifteen feet from the ground, in a small tree, frequently 
overhanging a stream, in thick scrub ” (Campbell). 
Eggs. Clutch, one ; pure white, smooth and glossy. Axis, 37 mm, ; diameter, 25 mm. 
Mr. Le Souef* says : “ The AUied Fruit-Pigeon was often heard uttering its 
curious guttural double note in the leafy tops of the trees, but, although often 
heard, it was seldom seen. Their frail nests were usually built in thin boughs 
overhanging the streams.” 
The bird figured was obtained at Bellenden Ker in Queensland, by Mr. 
Olive, on November I6th, 1899. 
Wild Life in Austr., p. 281 (1907). 
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