646 Messrs. H. C. Robinson and W. S. Laverock on 
very seldom singly ; if the black-and-white Magpie [ Strepera 
graculina ?] sees them settle on a tree, it flies at them and 
drives them away. Iris brown ; feet black; upper mandible 
whitish, lower slate-colour” {Olive). 
96. *Ptilinopus regina (Swains.). 
Ptilinopus swainsoni Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxi. 
p. 95 (1893). 
A small series from Cooktown. 
“ Plentiful only during the winter months. Iris yellow ; 
feet slate; bill green ” [Olive). 
97. Ptilinopus superbus (Temm.); Salvad. t. c. p. 112. 
Specimens have been received from each locality visited. 
“ Iris yellow; feet red; bill green” [Olive). 
Two nests, found at Bellenden Ker on December ,29th, 
were situated in dense scrub at a height of about six feet 
above the ground, and were merely a slight platform of 
sticks, resembling the nest of Megaloprepia assimilis, but 
smaller. Each nest contained one egg, which is like that of 
most Pigeons, being pure white and of a regular oval. The 
shell is very smooth and slightly lustrous. They measure : 
(1) 30*5x21, (2) 30x31 mm. 
98. Megaloprepia assimilis Gould ; Salvad. t. c. p. 168. 
One male from Cooktown, where the species is not of 
regular occurrence, and a large series from Cairns, which 
are slightly larger, showing a tendency to intergrade 
with M. magnifica. Regarding the specimens from Cairns, 
Mr. Olive says :—“ Very abundant here, and usually found 
in pairs or singly, except when feeding, when they are 
gregarious. Iris red ; feet green; bill red at the base, with a 
yellow tip; orbital skin green.” A nest and eggs have also 
been forwarded by Mr. Olive. The nest was found in thick 
scrub on October 14th. It was built on the limb of a tree 
about ten feet from the ground, and contained one freshly 
laid egg. It is a very frail structure, nearly flat, and composed 
of a few small sticks, loosely interwoven with the coarse 
tendrils of some creeping plant. The egg, which is dull 
