8. ptilopus. 127 



Key to the SjHcies. 



a. Yellow spots at the tip of the inner greater 



wing-coverts and inner secondaries tannensis, p. 127. 



b. No yellow spots at the tip of the inner greater 



wing-coverts and inner secondaries. 

 «'. Spots ou the wing-coverts and scapulars 



a". Forehead orange aurantufrons, p. 1-8. 



b" . Forehead not orange. 



a ". Cubital patch orange waliacei, p. 129. 



//". Cubital patch red. 



«'. Head above red ornatus, p. 131. 



b*. Head above yellowish olive gestroi, p. 131. 



b'. Spots on the wing-coverts and scapidars rosy. 

 c". Head above yellowish olive. 



d" . Tail above uniform green perlatus, p. 132. 



d'". Tail above green, with a light grey 



apical band zonurus, p. 133. 



d". Head above grey plumbeieollis, p. 133. 



47. Ptilopus tannensis. 



Hook-billed Tigeon, var., Lath. Gen. Sgn. ii. 2, p. 632 (1783) (de- 

 scribed from a picture in Sir Joseph Banks's collection) ; Bechst. 

 Lath. Uebers. ii. p. 612 (1794). 



Columba curvirostra, var. r3, Gm. S. N. i. 2, p. 777 (1788). 



Columba tannensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 600, n. 21! (1790) ; Bechst. 

 Lath. Uebers. ii. p. (141 (1794) ; id. Kurze Uebers. iv. p. 380 (1811). 



? Columba aroniatica, var. c, part., Tenun. Pig. et Gall. i. p. 442 

 (1813). 



Columba vernans, part., Wagl. Sgst. Av. Columba, sp. 9 (1827). 



Columba xanthura, Forst. Icon, ined. tab. 138(Tanna); Wagl. Ids, 

 1829, p. 739; Forst. Descr. An. p. 264(1844). 



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



Treron vernans, part., G. R. Gr. ibid. p. 467, n. 2 (1844). 



Ptilonopus xanthura, G. B. Gr. Gen. B. App. p. 23 ( 1S49). 



( Ismotreron tannensis, Bp. Consp. Ar. ii. p. 14 (1856) ; id. Compt. 

 Bend, xxxix. p. 875 (1854), xl. p. 216, n. 26 (1855) ; id. Coup 

 d'ceil Ordr. Piff. pp. 7, 54, n. 26 (1855) ; Rchnb. Taubm, p. 104 

 (1862) ; G. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 223, n. 9100 (1870). 



Treron tannensis, Gr. fide Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 14 (tin syn. O. tan- 

 nensis) (1854); G. h. Gr. Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 39 (1859); Qieb. 

 Tins. Orn. iii. p. 652 (1877). 



Treron curvirostra, part., Rchnb. Tauben, p. 108 (1862). 



Ftilinopus corriei, Bam*. Br. Linn. Soc. X. S. ]]'. i. p. 133 (1876). 



Chrysoenas, sp. inc., E. L. § E. L. C. Lagard, Ibis, 1878, pp. 275, 

 280 i Erromango, Vate, Ambrvm). 



Ptilopus corriei, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 566; Tristr. lids, 1879, 

 p. 193 ; Bams. Ibis, 1*82, p. 344 ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 44 (1889) ; 

 U'iglrsw. Ibis, 1891, p. 581. 



Ptilopus (Chrysasna) corriei, Bams. Br. Linn. Soc. X. S.W, iii. p. 339 

 I L879) : SchmeUz, Verh. Ver. Hand,. 1877 I L879), p. 78. 



Treron (Osmotreron) tannensis, SchmeUz, Verh. Ver. Hamb. l v 77 

 (1879), p. 78. 



Ptilopus correi, /,'. L. Layard, Ibis, 1879, p. 484 ; E. I. C. Layard, 

 Ibis, 1880, p. 291. 



