Vol. 34, pp. 51-54 March 31, 1921 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



FIVE NEW GENERA OF BIRDS. 

 BY J. H. RILEY.i 



In working upon a collection of birds from Celebes, I have 

 found trouble in placing a number of species in currently 

 accepted genera, as others have in the past. It seems to me 

 that such species had better be removed and accordingly I 

 propose the following genera for their reception: 



Compsoenas, gen. nov. 



Type, Columba radiata Quoy and Gaimard. 



Similar to Zonophaps Salvadori (type, Hemiphaga forsteni Bonaparte), 

 but the inner web of the three outer primaries widened about the middle, 

 then sinuated to the tips, instead of having the two outer primaries 

 scooped out about the middle; tail proportionally shorter, the feathers not 

 so broad. 



The two species will stand as : Compsoenas radiata (Quoy and Gaimard) 

 and Compsoenas mindorensis (Whitehead). 



Lamprura, gen. nov. 



Type, Columba rufigaster Quoy and Gaimard. 



Similar to Zonophaps Salvadori, but the inner web of the outer primary 

 slightly tapering towards the tip with a small elongated nick near the end, 

 instead of having the two outer primaries scooped out on the inner web 

 near the middle ; tail proportionally shorter, the under tail-coverts reaching 

 more than half way to the tip of the tail, instead of not more than half 

 way; coloration quite different, rump and tail purple, the tail band apical. 



Remarks. — Whether the remaining species put in Zonophaps by Sharped 

 are congeneric with the above, I am unable to say, as they are autopically 

 unknown to me, but judging from descriptions alone, Carpophaga finschi 

 Ramsay is not. 



Meyer and Wiglesworth^ have already called attention to the fact that 

 Zonophaps Salvadori is a composite genus, the only species congeneric with 



1 Published by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



2Hand-list, I, 1899, 66. 



SBirds Celebes, 2, 1898, 623, 625, 626. 



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