7. PHABOTRERON'. 67 



back, rump, and upper tail-coverts with bronze reflections ; from 

 the gape, passing below the eye, a black line, bordered underneath 

 by a white line starting from the base of the lower mandible and 

 reaching beyond the ear-coverts ; throat reddish : breast and 

 abdomen greyish brown, shining with amethystine ; under tail- 

 coverts buff or light cinnamon ; tail brown with a dull purple tinge 

 and witli a broad apical grey band : " iris warm orange-brown ; 

 bill black ; feet carmine ; nails grey " (Everett). Total length lOo 

 inches, wing 5-75, tail 3-0, bill 085, tarsus 0-85. 



. Jlnl'. Philippine Islands — Luzon, Samar, Leytc, Dinagat, Panaon, 

 Mindanao. 



a. Ad. sk. Philippine Islands. Verreaux Coll. 



b. £ ad. sk Luzon, April (A. B. Meyer). Tweeddale Coll. 



c. $ ad. sk. Dinagat Is., June (A. II. Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 



d. gad. sk. Panaon, Sfllpt, [A. II Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 

 e,f. J ad. sk. Butuan, May (A. II. Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 



2. Phabotreron leucotis. 



Columba leucotis, Temm. PI. Col. 189 (Manilla) (livr. 32, 1823); 



Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 338 (1820) ; Wayl. Si/st. Ac. Columba, 



sp. 60 (1827) ; Less. Tr. SOrn. p. 471 (1831); G. R. Gr. Gen. B. 



ii. p. 470. n. 28 (1844); Ilchnb. Syn. Ac. Columbaria;, f. 1259 



(1847); Hartl.J.f. O. 18-34, I?, lxv. 

 Goura ? leucotis, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 295 (1826). 

 1'haps leucotis, G. It. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 477, n. 5 (1845); id. Lint 



B. Brit. Mus. Columba;, p. 61 (pt.) (1856) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. 



p. 90 (1877). 

 Peristera (Oreopeleja) leucotis, licknb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xxv 



(1852). 

 Phapitreron leucotis, Bp. Consp. Ac. ii. sp. 28 (1854); id. Gompt, 



Rend, xxxix. p. 879 (1854), xl. p. 217, n. 65 (1855); id. Coup 



d'ir/7 Ordre Pig. pp. 11, 55, n. 65 (1855) ; Rehnb. Tauben, i. 



p. 91, t. 224. t 1259 (1862); G. R. Gr. Band-list, ii. p. 246, 



n. 9432 (1870) ; Weld. Tr. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 251 (1875); Tweedd. 



Orn. Works, p. 412 (1881) ; Hein. u. Rchmv. Xoniencl. Mis. 



II, i„. Orn. p. 286 (1890) ; Ilurtert, Kut. Vogehamml. p. 190 



(1891); id.J.f. O. lS91,p. 301. 

 Ptilonopua leucotis, Wall. Ibis, 1865, pp. 382, 397 ; id. J.f. 0. 1866, 



p. :J79. 

 Phaps (Phapitreron) leucotis, Mart. J.f. O. 1866, p. 24. 

 Phapiscua Leucotis, Sund. Meth. Nat. Av. dtsp. Tent. p. 99 (1872). 

 ('hlonenas leucotis, Schley. Ma*. ]'.-/!. Columba?, p. 79 ( L878J. 

 Phabotreron leucotis, Wold. Tr. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 214 (part., Luzon 



only) (1875); Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc, Zool. i. p. 353 (1876); 



Tweedd. P. Z. S. L877, p. 099 (Luzon); id, Orn. Works, pp. 878, 



525, 53S, :,.-,>,), i;i;; <issl); Wurdl. Rams. ibid. p. 659 (1881); 



Sale. Cat. U. Striekl. CoU. a 552 (1882) ; Guillem. P. Z.S. 1885, 



p. 270; Tristr. Cat. CoU. B. p. 41 (1889); Steere,List Philipp. 



Birds, p. 24 (Mindoro, Luzon) (1890). 



Adult. Brown, with purple reflections on the back, rump, upp< r 

 tail-coverts, and upper wing-coverts ; forehead and crown greyish ; 



occiput and Bides of neck of a coppery colour; hind neck metallic 



