8 TKERO.MD.i;. 



(//. 0. Forbes). Total length about 12 inches, wing 0-3, tail zro, bill 

 OS7, tarsus 0-9. 



Female {adult ?). Similar to the male, but apparently without the 

 russet band across the crop-region. 



Young male. Wants the grey band on the upper mantle and the 

 russet band across the crop-region ; the under tail-coverts are 

 mostly yellow, have some green on the inner webs, and scarcely 

 any cinnamon tinge ; the central tail-feathers are greenish grey 

 with no russet tinge. (Mus. Genoa.) 



This species, like S. apicicauda, has the third and fourth primaries 

 broadened about the middle of the inner web. 



Hah. Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



The locality Malacca rests on insufficient evidence. 



a. Ad. sk. Java. Gould Col!. 



b, c (J ad. et 2 ^- ^ a ? > Sumatra, Sept. Tweeddale Coll. 

 imm.sk. (C. Bock). 



d-h. Ad. sk. Sumatra (C. Bock). Tweeddale Coll. 



i. Ad.sk. Sumatra (C. Bock). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k. Skeleton. Java. Purchased. 



3. Sphenocercus sphenurus. 



Vinago spherrora, Vig. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 17-"> : Gould, ('cut. Himal. 



B. pi. 57 (1831). 



Vinago? cantillans, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 166 (1843). 



Treron sphenura, G. B. Gr. List of Gallinm B. M. p. 4 (1844) : id. 

 Gen. B. ii. p. 467, n. 14 (1844) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. 2, p. 853 

 (1845) ; Bchnb. Syn. Av. Columbaria?, f. 1355 (1847) (e.v Gould) ; 

 G. B. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbae, p. 15 (1856) ; Wall. Ibis, 

 1865, p. 374 ; id. J.f. 0. 1866, p. 276 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 821 

 (specim. alive) ; Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columbse, p. 60 (1873) ; Sclat. 

 P. Z. S. 1876, p. 464; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 652 (1877) ; Sclat. 

 List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 44") (1883) : Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 46 

 (1889) ; Secb. Birds Japan. Emp. p. 163 (1890). 



Ptilonopus turturoides, Hodys. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844). 



l'tilonopus maeronotus, Sodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844). 



Treron cantillans, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. 2, p. 854 (1845) (cage 

 variety) ; Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. (1854 I : llchnb. Tauben, i. p. 11 1 

 (1862) ; Tt/tler, Ibis, 1868, p. 202 (Simla). 



Sphenocercus cantillans, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 230, n. 1391 

 (1849); Bp. Icon. Pig. "pi. 5 (1857); Irby, Ibis, 1861, p. 233; 

 Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 45. 



Sphenocercus sphenurus, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 8 (1854) ; id. Compt. 

 Bend, xxxix. p. 873 (1854), xl. p. 216, n. 10 (1855) ; id. Coup 

 d'wil Ordr. Pig. pp. 5, 54, n. 10 (1855) ; Bchnb. Tauben, i. p. Ill, 

 t. 243. f. 1355 (1862) ; G. B. Gr. Cat. Hodgs. Coll. B. M. 2nded. 

 p. 66 (1863) ; Jerd. B. oflnd. iii. p. 453 (1864) ; Blyth, Ibis,\m7, 

 p. 148 ; Beav. Ibis,l868, p. 372 ; Peh. J.f. 0. 1868, p. 36 ; Brooks, 

 Ibis, 1869, p. 60 (Binsur) ; Bulqer, Ibis, 1869, p. 169; G. R. Gr. 

 Hand-list, ii. p. 223, n. 9103 (1870) ; Hume ,V Renders. Lahore to 

 Turk. p. 270 (1873) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbse, p. 6 (1873) ; 

 Hume, Kcsfs Sf Boys, iii. p. 494 (1875) : id. Sir. Feath. iii. p. 163 



