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I v ater, in Isis, 1829, p. 738, Wagler described some I’igeons 
from Tongatabu under the name of Colurnba globicera, but it 
was proved that he had again placed birds of more than one 
species under one name. 
Up to this time, no Pigeons belonging to this group had been 
taken from anywhere near Australia; but Macgillivray, writing 
in the Voyage of the Rattlesnake, L, p. 244, 1832, noted that, on 
Duchateau Island, off South-east New Guinea, this Pigeon, which 
he called Carpophaga oceanica , was in great numbers, and was 
much sought as a food delicacy. Its known range was extended 
further, when Pelzeln, in Reis. Novara, p. 106, 1865, described 
a specimen from Stewart Island, Solomon Group, as Carpophaga 
frauenfeldi. In 1854, Bonaparte, Comp. Rend. XXXIX., p. 1071, 
and in 1857 in Conspectus Avium, II., p. 30, correctly placed 
this species under the genus Globicera, as Globicera pacified, 
Gmelin. 
In 1878, Ramsay, when writing on the birds of New Guinea 
in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 1878, p. 292, .discovered that the 
collection on which he was working contained several specimens 
of Globicera pacifica from Teste Island, South-east Cape, British 
New Guinea, and other neighbouring localities worked by Goldie, 
Broadbent and Blunden, ilius extending the range nearer to 
Cape York. From about this time onwards, several authors were 
of the opinion that something definite in the way of comparative 
work should be done, and while they were evidently sure that 
many of the previously described forms were identical, they were 
equally certain that there were at least two distinct species under 
consideration. In the Ibis, 1878, p. 260, Bayard recorded a bird 
from the northern parts of New Caledonia which he noted as 
being darker than the southern form. In the same publication 
for 1882, he stated that it was a rare visitor to the south, where 
it evidently found its way from the Loyalties; it being well known 
in the latter locality. Later he examined several birds, and con¬ 
cluded that there were at least two different varieties, if not 
species. 
In the Ibis, 1900, Farquhar refers to G. pacifica occurring in 
large numbers in Malecola, stating that its loud booming could 
be heard at a considerable distance. He was there observing 
birds, but was collecting only small ones at the time, and he 
had much trouble in persuading the natives that he did not want 
the Pigeon. This they could not understand, as they considered 
it a special food delicacy. Later, Sharpe (Ibis, VI., p. 349, 1900) 
stated that Farquhar’s bird was really much darker than the 
typical G. pacifica, and furthermore, that it had a slate grev 
head, neck and chest, so he named it Globicera farquhan. A 
second bird from Vanikoro, which had a lighter mantle of pearl 
grey, he thought should retain Bonaparte’s name, G. tarelli, 
Comp. Rend., XXXIX., p. 1072, 1854. 
In reading the various accounts concerning G. pacifica, in the 
Ibis, it would appear that there was considerable doubt among 
authors as to whether it inhabited Raratonga; but Ogilvie-Grant, 
