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(10::^.) Janthoenas janthina (Temm.)- 



Cror/ Pigeou. Karasn-bato. 



1830.— Coliimha janthina Tkmminck, PL Color., iv, livr. 86, pi. 503.— C. {carpophaga)j. 

 Temm. &, Schleg., Fauna, Jap., Av., p. 101, pi. 60, C. (1849). — Janthoenas 

 j. Eeichen B., Syst. Av., p. xxv (1852). — Schlegel, Mus. P. Bas, Co- 

 lumb., p. 74 (1873).— Stejxeger, Zeitsclir. Ges. Oru., 1887, p. — .—Id. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x. 1887, p. 399. — Carpophaga ianlhina Blakist. & 

 Pryer, Tr. As. Soc. Jap., viii, 1830, p. 205. — lid., ibid., x, 1882, p. 130.— 

 Blakist., Amend. List B. Jap., p. 25 (1884). — Seebohm, Ibis, 1864, p. 

 179.— Id., ibid., 1887, p. 179 (part). 



Having received additional specimens of this species since this paper 

 was submitted for publication, I wish to state, that they will be com- 

 mented upon in a report by me on the birds collected by Mr. Kamiye 

 on the island of Idzu, which will soon be published in these " Proceed- 

 ings." 



Janthoenas joiiyi Stejxeger. 



1887. — Carpophaga ianthina Seebohm, Ibis, 1887, p. 179 (part).— Janthoenas i. Stejx- 

 eger, Zeitschr. Ges. Oru., 1887., p. — . 



1387.— Janthoenas jougi Stejxeger, Amer. Naturalist, June 1887, p. 5S?>.—Id., Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 1887, p. 398. 



For full description of this species see the last reference. 



Janthoenas versicolor (Kittlitz). 

 13o2.—Cohmba versicolor Kittlitz, Kupfertaf., i, p. 5, pi. V, fig. 2 (ncc Lafr. 1846). — 



Id., Denkwurd., ii, p. 174 (1858). 

 183b.—Cohimha kitlizii Te^im., PI. Col. iv, livr. 98, fol. ad pi. 578.— Janthaenas Uttlitzi, 



BoxAP., Consp. Av., ii, p. 45 (1854).— Keichexb., VoUst. Naturg. Taub. 



p. 118 (1862). 

 1839. — Cohimba metallica Vigors, Voy. Blossom, Om., p. 25 (nee Temm.). 

 1858. — CoJumba iris Kittlitz, Denkwiird,, ii, p. 175. 

 1873. — Janthoenas janthina Schlegel, Mus. P. Bas, Columb.,p. 74 (part). — Carpophaga 



ianthina Blakist., Cbrysanth., 1883, April, p. 174. — Id., Amend. List B 



Jap., p. 44 (1884). 

 Cohmba spUndida Kittlitz, MSS. 



The bird which glories in having had all the above names applied to 

 it is, nevertheless, but a very imperfectly known species, although a 

 very distinct one. Judging from Kittlitz's figure of it I should say that 

 it resembl&s Janthoenas palumboides (Hume, Stray Feath., I, 1873, p 

 308 ; Ibis, 1873, pi. xiii) very closely. 



jSTot having specimens, nor even a good modern description, I shall 

 confine myself to reprinting the original descriptions of Temminck and 

 Vigo rs. 



Temmiuck's description [l. c.) of C. Iciflitzii reads as follows : 



L'espece est plus forte de taille que la Colomhe violetfe du Japou. Sommet de la 

 tete, occiput et poitriue bleuatre claire a reflets pourpr^s ; nuque cendr^e a reflets 

 opalins ; plumage du haut du dos termiue par uu bord vert m^tallique ; dos et crou- 

 pion d'un pourpre eclatant, a reflets verts ; ventre, ailes et queue ardoise, les petites 

 couvertures et les scapulaires bordes de violet vert dor6. Bas du bee et pieds rouges. 

 Longueur totale, seize pouces. 



On a trouv6 cette belle espece dans les lies Bouin, a I'orient et sous la d($pcndauce 

 de I'empire du Japon. 



Les musees de Petersbourg et de Francfort possedent des individus de ce bel oiseau 

 que I'on trouve aussi au Jaj)on. 



