12 TRERONIDiE. 



a, b. cj $ ad. st. et sk. Sumatra. Leyden Museum. 



c. S ad. sk. W. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



d. $ imm. sk. W. Java (A. R. Gould Coll. 



Wallace). 



5. Sphenocercus sieboldi. 



Columba sieboldii, Temm. PI. Col. pi. 549 (livr. 93, 1835) ; Less. 

 Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii. p. 24 (1837) ; id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 275 

 (1838) ; Knip fy Prev. Pig. ii. pi. x. (1838-43) ; Blakist. Ibis, 1862, 

 p. 329. 



Treron sieboldii, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 467, n. 15 (1844) ; id. List 

 of Gallince B. M. p. 4 (1844); Rchnb. Syn. Av. Columbarise, 

 f. 1354 (1847) ; G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbee, p. 15 

 (1856); Schleg. De Dierent. p. 211 (1864) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1865, 

 pp. 374, 396 ; id. J.f. 0. 1866, p. 276 ; JElwes, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 667 ; 

 Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columba?, p. 61 (pt.) (1873) ; v. Mart. Preuss. 

 Exp. Ost-As., Zool. Th. i. p. 370 (1876); Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. 

 p. 652 (1877) ; Blakist. * Pryer, Ibis, 1878, p. 227 ; iid. Tr. As. 

 Soc. Jap. viii. p. 205 (1880), x. p. 129 (1882) ; Blakist. Chrysanth. 

 1882, p. 522, 1883, p. 28 ; id. Amend. List B. Jap. p. 44 (1884) ; 

 Jouxj, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 314 (1883) ; Stejneg. Pr. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. ix. p. 639 (1887) ; id. Zeitschr. f. ges. Orn. iv. p. 170 

 (1887); id. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. x. p. 417 (1887); Seeb. Ibis, 

 1888, p. 236; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 46 (1889); Seeb. B. Jap. 

 Emp. p. 163 (1890). 



Columba ( Vinago) sieboldi, Temm. Sf Schleg. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 102, 

 t. 60 d (1847). 



Spbenocercus sieboldi, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 9 (1854) ; id. Compt. 

 Rend, xxxix. p. 873 (1854), xl. p. 216, n. 12 (1855) ; id. Coup 

 d'ceil Ordr. Pig. pp. 5, 54, n. 12 (1855) ; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. Ill 

 t. 243. f. 1354 (ex PI. Col.), t. 245. rf. 2591-92 (ex Fauna Jap.) 

 (1862) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1868, pp. 122, 311 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. 

 p. 223, n. 9104 (1870) ; Hein. 8f Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Ilein. 

 Orn. p. 279 (1890); Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. p. 191 (1891). 



Vinago sieboldi, Svnnh. Ibis, 1863, pp. 209, 397; id. P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 338; Whitely, Ibis, 1867, p. 204 ; Ehoes, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 651 ; 

 Swinh. § Blakist. Ibis, 1875, p. 452. 



Similar to >S. sjihenurus, from which it differs in having the tail 

 less wedge-shaped and much darker, nearly black underneath, with 

 a narrow grey margin at the tip of the feathers ; besides, the centre 

 of the abdomen is much whiter, and both male and female have all 

 the under tail-coverts yellowish white, centred with olive-green; 

 the yellow edges of the greater wing-coverts and secondaries are 

 broader but paler. 



Male. Head, neck, and breast greenish yellow, crown and breast 

 washed with rufous, and smaller upper wing-coverts maroon, which 

 colour slightly tinges also the back. Total length about 13 inches, 

 wing 7 - 3, tail 3 - 75, bill - 76, tarsus 0-9. 



Female. Smaller than the male, greener on the head, neck, and 

 breast, with no rufous tinge on the crown and breast, and with no 

 maroon colour on the smaller upper wing-coverts and on the mantle. 



Hab. Japan. 



