34 TEEEONID^:. 



Rhaniphotreron, Heine, Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. 

 p. 279 (1890) (=Thoria). 



Range. From Eastern Bengal and Nepal to the Indo-Malay 

 Archipelago. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Grey colour of the cap darker, and covering also 



the upper part of the cheeks ; underparts greener, nipalensis, p. 34. 



b. Grey colour of the cap lighter, especially towards 



the forehead, and not covering any part of the 



cheeks ; underparts yellower nasica, p. 37. 



1. Treron nipalensis *. 



Columha curvirostra, Baffl. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. 2, p. 318 (1822) 



(Sumatra). 

 Toria nipalensis, Hodgs. As. Bes. xix. p. 104, pi. ix. fig. of the head 



and foot (1836) ; G. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 222, n. 9086 (1870) ; 



Blyth, B. Burm. p. 143 (1S75). 

 Columha arouiatica, S. Midi, {nee Gm.) Verh. Land- en Volkenk. p. 396 



(1839-44). 

 Treron aromatica, part., G. B. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 467, n. 1 (1844) ; 



id. (nee Gm.) Cat. Hodgs. Coll. B. M. p. 121 (1846); Gieb. Thes. 



Orn. iii. p. 649 (1877). 

 Treron nipalensis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. 2, p. 847 (1845) ; id. Ann. 



$ Mag. N. H. xix. p. 44 (1847) ; G. B. Gr. Gen. B. App. p. 23 



(1849) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 228 (1849) ; B/>. Consp. 



Av. ii. p. 11 (1854) : id. Compt. Band, xxxix. p. 873 (1854), xl. 



p. 210, n. 14 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ail Ordr. Big. pp. 5, 54, n. 14 



(1855); G. B. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbre, p. 10 (1856) ; 



Moore, B. Z. S. 1859, p. 464 (.Malacca) ; Bchnb. Tauben, i. p. 109 



(1862) ; Gray, Cat. Hodgs. Coll. B. Mus. 2nd ed. p. 66 (1863) ; 



Jerd. B. of Bid. iii. p. 445 (1864); Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xliii. 



p. 171 (1874); Hume, Str. Feath. iii. p. 160 (1875); Wald. B. 



Burm. p. 143 (1875) ; Hume ty Davis. Str. Feath. vi. p. 410 



* I have very little doubt that Latham's Hooked-bdled Pigeon belongs to 

 the present species ; the coloured figure agrees very well with it ; only there is 

 no trace of the grey cap, as there is also no mention of it in the description. 



Hook-billed Pigeon, Lath. Syn. ii. 2, p. 632, n. 23, pi. 59 (1783) (Tanua !) ; 

 Temm. Pig. et Gallin. i. p. 57 (1813). 



Columba curvirostra, Gm. S. N. i. p. 777, n. 45 (1788) (ex Latham) ; 

 Lath. hid. Orn. ii. p. 600, n. 25 (1790) ; Bechst. Lath. Uebers. ii. p. 611, 

 pi. 60. f. 2 (1794), iv. p. 380 (1811) ; ? Temm. Pig. et Gallin. i. p. 55 

 (1813); Vieill. N. B. xxvi. p. 390 (1818); Besm. Bict. 8c. Nat. xl. 

 p. 367 (1826). 



Columba aromatica, var. a. Temm. Pig. et Gallin. i. p. 441 (1813). 



Yinago aromatica, var. j3, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. 1, p. 1U6, pi. 4 (1819). 



Columba aromatica, part., Wagl. Syst. Av. Columba, sp. 7 (1827). 



Treron curvirostra, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 10 (1854) ; id. Compt. Bend. 

 xxxix. p. 873 (1854), xl. p. 216, n. 17 (1855) ; id. Coup d'a>il Ordre Pig. 

 pp. 5, 54, n. 17 (1885) ; id. Compt. Bend, xliii. p. 949 (1856) ; G. B. 

 Gr. Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 39 (1859); id. Hand-list, ii. p. 222, n. 9081 

 (1870) ; Wiglcsuj. Aves Polynes. p. 46, n. 242 (?) (1891). 



