LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
22. LAMPROTRERON SUPERBA. PURPLE-CROWNED FRUIT PIGEON. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 57 (pt. xiv.), March 1st, 1844. Mathews, Yol. I., pt. 2, pi. 24, Jan. 31st, 
1911. 
Columba superba Temminek et Knip, Les Pigeons, p. 75, pi. XXXIII., 1811 (? 1807) : [Otaheiti] = Halmahera, 
Columba cyanovirens Desmaresfc, Diet. Sci. Nat. Yol. XL., p. 343, June 24th, 1826; Lesson, Voy. “ Coquille " 
Zool., pi. 42, f. 1, 1826 : New Guinea. 
Ptilonopus leucog aster Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 347, July 1st, 1837. New name for C. cyanovirens . 
Lamprotreron porphyrostictus Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. IV., Vol. XIII., p. 137, Peb. 1st, 1874 : Cape York, 
Queensland. 
Ptilopus minutus Campbell, Emu, Vol. V., pt. iii, p. 155, Jan. 1st, 1906 : Cairns, Queensland. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria. Extra-limital. 
XXI. Genus MEGALOPREPIA. 
Megaloprepia Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xxvi., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation) : Columba 
magnifica Temminek. 
23. MEGALOPREPIA MAGNIFICA. PURPLE-BREASTED FRUIT PIGEON. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 58 (pt. xxv.), Dec. 1st, 1846 ; Suppl., pi. 67 (pt. ii.), Sept. 1st, 1855. Mathews, 
Vol. I., pt. 2, pis. 25, 26, Jan. 31st, 1911. 
Columba magnifica Temminek, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt. I., p. 125, 1821 : Red Point south of 
Woollongong, New South Wales. 
Garpophaga assimilis Gould, in Jardine’s Contr. Ornith., 1850, p. (160 =) 106 : Cape York, North Queensland. 
Megaloprepia magnifica keri Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 184, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Bellenden Ker Range, 
Queensland. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Queensland. 
XXII. Genus MYRISTICIVORA. 
Myristicivora Reichenbach, Na,t. Syst. Vogel, p. xxvi., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by origina designation) : Columba 
littoralis Temm. = C. bicolor Scopoli. 
24. MYRISTICIVORA BICOLOR. NUTMEG PIGEON. 
[Columba bicolor Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insub., Vol. II., p. 94, 1786 : New Guinea. Extra-limital.] 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 60 (pt. xii.), Sept. 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 2, pi. 27, Jan. 3lst, 1911. 
Carpophaga spilorrhoa Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1858, p. 186, July 13th : Aru Islands. 
Myristicivora bicolor mdvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 27, April 2nd, 1912 : Melville Island 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Northern New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, North-west Australia. Extra- 
limital 
XXIII. Genus LOPHOLAIMUS. 
Lopholaimus Gould, Birds Austr.,pt. v., Dec. 1st, 1841. Type (by monotypy) : Columba antarctica Shaw. 
Lophorynchus Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 348, July 1st, 1837. Type (by monotypy) : Columba dilopha 
Temm. = Columba antarctica Shaw. 
Not Vieillot, Analyse, p. 59, April 14th, 1816. 
25. LOPHOLAIMUS ANTARCTICUS. TOP-KNOT PIGEON. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 61 (pt. v.), Dec. 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 2, pi. 28, Jan. 31st, 1911. 
Columba antarctica Shaw, Zool. New Holland, p. 15, pi. V., 1793 : New South Wales. 
Columba dilopha Temminek, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. XIII., pt. I., p. 124, 1821 : Red Point, south of 
Woollongong, New South Wales. 
Lopholaimus antarcticus minor Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 122, Jan. 31st, 1911 : North Queensland. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria 
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