162 TREEOXIDJ). 



Ervthrcenas pulcherrima, Sclat. P. Z. 8. 1835, p. 318 (living speci- 

 mens); I. Newt. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 344; Garrod, P.Z.S. 1875, 

 p. 368; Sclat, List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 444 (1883). 



Enthrolaenia pulcherrima, G. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 227, n. 9163 

 (1870). 



Alectrcenas pulcherrima, Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 264 (1877); <S/i<7/. 

 Ibis, 1883, p. 260. 



Funingus pulcherrimus, Oust. Bull. Sue. Philom. (7) ii. p. 176 (1878). 



Alectrcenas pulcherrima, A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 4. 



Alectrcenas pulcherrimus, Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 43 (1839). 



Adult male. Black, 'with blue reflections, especially upon the back 

 and upper wing-coverts ; feathers of the crown hairy and carmine ; 

 sides of the head, neck, upper back, and upper breast grey, darkest 

 on the ear-coverts, the grey feathers long aud acuminate ; vent 

 and under tail-coverts yellowish white, the latter with longitudinal 

 dark green spots on the inner webs ; wings and tail black ; naked 

 skin round the eyes, lores, and wattles on the sides of the forehead 

 naked and red : iris red ; bill dusky black, with the tip whitish ; 

 feet greyish olive. Total length 9'25 inches, wing 6-15, tail 3'5, 

 bill 0-7, tarsus 1. 



Female. Like the male. 



Young. Upper parts blackish green, the feathers edged with 

 yellow ; underparts dark grey ; vent and under tail-coverts white, 

 the latter black along the middle part. 



Hub. Seychelles Islands — Mahe, Silhouette, Praslin, Marianne, 

 and Felicite. 



a, b, c. Ad. st. Zoological Society's 



Coll. 

 d. Imm. sk. [Isl. of Panay.] Mrs. T. Bell [P.]. 



e,f. 2 ad. et ad. sk. Seychelles. Shelley Coll. 



g, h. Ad. sk. Seychelles. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. skeleton. Purchased. 



2. Alectrcenas sganzini. 



Columba sganzini, Verr. MS. 



Furningus sganzini, Des Murs, Inc. Hist. Nat., Ois. vi. p. 32 (1854 ?). 



Funingus sganzini, Bp. Consp. Ac. ii. p. 29 (1854) ; id. Compt. Bend. 



xxxix. p. 880 (1854), xl. p. 217, n. 69 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil Ordr. 



Pit/, pp. 12, 55, n. 69 (1855) ; Hartl. J. f. 0. 1860, p. 112 ; id. 



Beitr. Faun. Madag. p. 64 (1861) ; Bchnb. Taub. ii. p. 186 (1862) ; 



Pollen, N. T. D. i. p. 318 (1863) ; Cab. v. d. Deck. Bets. iii. p. 43 



(1869) (Great Comoro). 

 Founiugus (sic) sganziui, J. ty Id. Verr. Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1855, 



p. 511. 

 Alectrcenas sganzini, Sclat. Ibis, 1864, p. 300 (Anjuan) ; I. Newt. 



P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 300, 302 (Anjuan) ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 260 



(1877) ; Shell. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 678 (Grand Comoro and Anjuan) ; 



id. Ibis, 1883, p. 261 ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 43 (1889). 

 Ptilopus sganzini, Schleg. N. T. D. i. p. 88 (1866) ; id. P. Z. S. 



1866, p. 424 (Mavotte) ; Schleg. # Poll. Bech. Faun. Madag. p. 115, 



pi. 37 (1868); Schlec/. Mm. P.-B. Colimib;e, p. 43 (1873) ; Gieb. 



Thes. Orn. iii. p. 368 (1877). 



