1. SPHENOCERCUS. ."> 



d' . Under surface of the tail black, with a grey 

 margin at the tip ; third and fourth prima- 

 ries sinuated about the middle of the inner 

 webs. 

 a ". Middle of the abdomen decidedly yellow . . korthalsi, p. 11. 

 //". Middle of the abdomen yellowish white. 

 «'". Tail above partly black. 



a*. Maroon colour of the shoulders of the 



male slightly washing the mantle. . . . sieboldi, p. I:.'. 

 b\ Maroon colour of the shoulders of the 

 male not extending on the mantle, 

 which is olive-green like the rest of 

 the back ; female like that of the pre- 

 ceding species sororius, p. 13. 



b'". Tail above olive-green, with no black. 

 C*. Smaller ; wing 7'6 to 7'1 inches : 

 crown of the male suffused with 



ochreous buff or orange colour formosce, p. 13. 



d*. Larger ; wing 82 to 7'7 inches : 

 crown of the male olive-green, with 

 no ochreous-buff tinge permagnus, p. 14. 



1. Sphenocercus apicicauda. 



Yinago sphemira, Hodgs. (iiec Vig.) G rag's Zool. Misc. p. 85 



(1844). 

 Yinago apicauda, Hodgs. MS. 

 Treron apicauda, G. R. Gr. List Galliiue B.M. p. 4 (1844) : Blyth, 



J. A. 8. B. xiv. 2, p. 854 (descr. priuceps) (1845) ; Gray, Hodgs. Cat. 



M. ,V B. p. 1 21 ( 1 846 ) ; Blyth, Ann. .V Mag. X. H. xix. p. 50 (1847) ; 



G. R. Gr. Gen. B. App. p. 23 (1849) ; id. List II. Brit. Mm. 



Columb;e,p. 16 (1850) ; Wall. Ibis, I860, pp. 374, 396 ; id. J.f. O. 



1866, p. 276; Tristr. Vat. Cult. B. p. 45 (1889). 

 Sphenocercus apicauda, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 230, n. 1392 



(1849) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list. ii. p. 224, n. 9106 (1870). 

 Sphenocercus apicaudus, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 8 (L s 54) : id. Compt. 



Rend, xxxix. p. 873 (1854), xl. p. 216, n. 9 ( 1855) : id. Cap d'a it 



Ordr. Piq. pp.5, 54, n. 9 (1855); id. Icon. Piq. pi. 4 (1857); 



Gray, Cat. Hodqs. Coll. 2nd ed. p. 65 (1863) : Jerd. B. of Ind. iii. 



p. 454 (1864) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1>C7, p. 148: Bear. Ibis. 1868, p. 373 ; 



Bulger, Ibis, 1869, p. 169 (Sikkim) : Wald. in Blyth' s 11. Barm. 



p. 144(1875); Hume 8f Davis. Str. Feath. vi. p. 415 (1878); 



Hume, Str. Feath. viii. p. 109 (1879), xi. p. 292 (1888) ; Hein. Sf 



Rchmr. Nomencl. Mas. Hein. Orn. p. 279 ( 1890). 

 Sphenocercus phasianellus, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 82 (1854) (Hima- 

 laya) ; Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 833 (1856) (descr. princeps) ; 



Blyth, Ibis, L867,p. 148. 

 Sphenocercus apicicauda. Schnb. Tauben, i. p. Ill (1862): Gates, B. 



Brit. Harm. ii. p. 305 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. (2) 



vii. p. 424 (1889). 

 Treron phasianellus, " 2?/;////,'' Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 374; id. J. f. O. 



1866, p. 276. 

 Treron apicicauda, Gieb. T/ies. Om. iii. p. 649 | l v 77t. 

 p Sphenocercus korthalsi, Tiraut (nee Temtn.), Bull. Cum. Ayr, el 



Ind. Cochinch. (3) i. p. 141, n. 251 (1879). 



Adult male. General plumage green, tinged with yellow on the 



