1G4 TRKRCNIDJE. 



Ibis, 1861, p. 277 ; Rehnb. Tauten, i. p. 123, t. 234. f. 1302 (1862) ; 



Pollen, N. T.B. i. p. 318 (1863); Hartl. Tog. Madag. p. 2(3 



(1877) ; Shell. Ibis, 1883, p. 262. 

 Alectroenas francise, Rehnb. Syn.Av. Columbariae, p. 2, f. 1302 (1847) ; 



Hartl. Zeitsehr.f. Zool. Zoot. u. Pataozool. i. p. 158 (1848). 

 Columbigallus franciae, De* Mars, Enc. d!Hist. Nat., Ois. vi. p. 31 



(1854 ?). 

 Alectrsenas nitidissirua, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 29 (1854). 

 Ptilopus nitidissimus, Schleg. $■ Poll. Reeh. Faun. Madag. p. 159 



(1868); Gieb. Thes. Ora.'iii. p. 366 (1877). 

 Alectroenas nitidissimus, G. R. Or. Hand-list, ii. p. 228, n. 9164 



,1870). 

 Alectorcenas nitidissima, A. Neui. P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 2, 4. 



Adult. " Body and wings indigo-blue ; feathers of the head and 

 neck white, much elongated and narrow ; the bare scarlet patch 

 surrounding the eye extends on to the cheeks and across the front of 

 the forehead ; upper tail-coverts and tail vermilion, a large portion 

 of the outer web of the tail and a great portion of the inner webs 

 of the tail-feathers black : iris red ; bill dusky slate-colour, with the 

 base red and the end yellow : feet slate-colour. Total length 

 11-8 inches, wing 8-2, tail 5-2, bill 1." (Shelley.) 



Of this species, which is now extinct, only three specimens 

 are in existence — one in the Museum of Paris (which I have exa- 

 mined), a second in that of Mauritius at Port Louis, and a third in 

 the Museum of Science and Art of Edinburgh. 



Hub. Mauritius. 



4. Alectroenas madagascariensis. 



Palumbus coeruleus madagascariensis, Briss. Orn. i. p. 140, pi. xiv. 



f. 1 (1760). 

 Columba madagascariensis, Linn.S. N. i. p. 283. n. 21 (1766); Bodd. 



Tabl. PL En/, p. 2 (1783) ; Gm. S. N. i. 2, p. 179, n. 21 (1788) ; 



Lath. hid. Orn. ii. p. 604, n.40 (1790) ; Bonn. Tabl. Enc. Meth.i. 



p. 235 (1790); Temm. 8p Knip, Pig. pi. 17 (1808-11) ; Temm. 



Hist. Nat. Pig. et Gallin. i. pp. 221, 463 (1813) ; Vieill. N. D. 



xxvi. p. 352 (J818) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. 1, p. 9 (1819) ; Desm. 



Diet. Hist. Nat. xl. p. 327 (1826) ; Less. Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii. 



p. 94 (1837), 2nd ed. p. 295 (1838) ; Hartl. Zeitschr. f. Zool. Zoot. 



u. Palvozool. i. p. 157 (1848) ; id. Ann. # Mag. N. H. (2) ii. p. 391 



(1848) ; Sundev. K. Sv. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1857, p. 53, d. 266. 

 Pigeon ramier bleu de Madagascar, D 'Anient. Pl.Enl. 11. 

 Founimro, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. ii. p. 539(1771). 

 Madagascar Pisreon, Lath. Syn. ii. 2, p. 640, n.35 (1783). 

 Ramier Fourningo, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 72, pi. 266 (1808). 

 Columba phoenicura, IVagl, Sgsl. Av. Columba, sp. 23 (1827). 

 Colombe bleu, Less. Tr.d'Orn. p. 470 (1831). 

 Pigeon Eamier bleu (Columba ervthromna), Sganz. Not. Mamm. et 



Ois. Madag. p. 39 (Mem. Soc. Mvs. dH. N. de Strasb. 1840). 

 Carpophoga ? madagascariensis, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 469, n. 28 



(1844) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 263 (1867). 

 Alectroenas madagascariensis, Rehnb. Syn. Av. Columbariae, p. 2, 



f. 1301 (1847) ; id. Syst. Av. p. xxv (1852) ; Hartl. Ybq. Madag. 



p. 262 (1877) ; Shell. Lbis, 1883, p. 263 ; Tristr. Cat. Coll, B. p. 43 



(1889). 



