G. OSMOTUERON. 43 



/. rf ad.sk. Sula Is. (Wallace). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



vi. $ ad. sk. Sula Is. ( Wallace). Gould Coll. 



n, o. <3 2 au - *^ Sula is - ( Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



3. Osmotreron sanghirensis. 



Treron griseicauda, pavt.. Schleg. N. T. I), iii. p. 210 (1866) (speciru. 



ex Sanghir) ; <l. 11. Or. Hand-lid, ii. p. 222, n. 9080 (part.) I 1870) ; 



Schleg. Mus. l'.-B. Columbae, p. 55 (part.) (1873) (specimen ex Siao 



et Sanghir), 

 Treron sangirensis, Briigg. Abh. naturw. Ver. Brem. v. p. 79 (Marz 



187G). 

 Treron sanghirensis, Salaad. Ann. Mus. Civ. den. ix. p. GO (October 



1876) : Meyer, Site. u. Abh. Ges. Isis, 1884, Abh. i. p. 6. 

 Osmotreron sanghirensis, Bias. Or/u's, iv. p. Gil (1888). 



Similar to 0. griseicauda from Celebes, but larger and with a larger 

 and more robust bill ; the horny part of the upper mandible nearly 

 reaching the forehead, and approaching in that respect the bill of 

 Treron nasiea : " iris orange ; bill yellow ; feet cherry-red " (Platen ). 

 Total length 11-40-12-18, wing 6-01-6-37, tail 3-93-4-36, bill 0-70- 

 0'78, tarsus 0-00-1 -02 (Mus. of Genoa). 



Mule. Mantle and scapulars mea\v purple-chestnut; median and 

 greater upper wing-coverts edged with yellow; under tail-coverts 

 cinnamon (Mus. of Genoa). 



Female. Mantle and scapulars green ; median and greater upper 

 wing-coverts edged with white, slightly tinged with greenish yellow : 

 under tail-coverts buff, the basal ones greenish, edged with buff or 

 whitish buff (Mus. of Genoa). 



Hah. (Sanghir Islands — Great Sanghir, Fejta, Siao. 



a. $ ad. sk. Sanghir Is. Tweeddale Coll. 



//. J ad. sk. Sanghir Is. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Osmotreron phayrei. 



Treron malabarica, pavt., Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 852 (1845) ; id. Cat. 



B. Mus. A. S. 11. p. 229, n. L389 (part.) (1849). 

 Treron nepalensis, Bp. (nee Hodgs.) Icon. Pig. pi. 8 ( C T ) (1857). 

 Osmotreron malabarica. Up. (nee Jierd.) Icon. Pig. pi. 11. f. 2* (5) 



(1857). 

 Osmotreron phayrei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxi. p. .°>44 (1862); Jerd. 



B.oflnd. iii.' p. 451 (1864); Blyth, Ibis, 1807, p. I 47 ; Hume, 



Ibis. 1S70, p. 4:18 : G. Ii. Gr. Tland-Ust, ii. p. 223, n. 9092 (1870) ; 

 Wald. Tr. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 212 1 1875) ; Blyth \ Wall. II. Burnt. 



p. 144 (1875); Hume, Str. Feath. iii. p. L62 (1875); Hume \ 



Dan's. Str. Feath. \i. pp. 412, 414 (1878); Hume, Str. Faith, viii. 



p. 109, n. 77C> (1879) ; Tiraut, Bull. Com. Agr. et Ind. Cochinch. 



* Mr. Blyth C Il>k' 1867, p. 147) was probably right in attributing the above 

 figure to O. pnayrei, although Bonaparte states that it was drawn From a 

 Malabar Bpeciinen ! 



