516 PERISTEKJD^. 



Orre Pig. pp. 46, 47, 59, n. 274 (1855) ; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 4G 



(1862), ii. p. 166 (1862) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 486; id. Ibis, 



1865, p 393; id. J. f. 0. 1866, p. 484; Soma, Mus. Nac. Lisb. 



Columbse, p. 23 (1873). 

 Chalcophaps augusta, Pp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 92 (1854) (patr. ignota) : 



id. Corrupt. Rend. xl. pp. 209, 221, n. 275 (1855) ; id. Coup d'asil 



Ord. Pig. pp. 47, 59, n. 275 (1855) ; Schleg. N. T. D. iii. pp. 265, 266 



(1866) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1868, p. 133 (Nicobars) ; G. P. Gr. Hand-list, 



ii. p. 244, n. 9419 (1870) ; Ball, Str. Feath. i. p. 81 (1873). 

 Peristera bomensis, 8. Mull. Mus. Lugd. (juv.); Bp. Consp. Av. ii. 



p. 91 (1854); id. Compt. Rend. xl. p. 208 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil 



Ordre Pig. p. 47 (1855). 

 Chalcophaps bomensis, Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. pp. 947, 948 (1856) ; 



Wall, Ibis, 1865, p. 393; id. J.f. O. 1866, p. 264. 

 Chalcophaps javanica, a. bomensis, Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 949 



(1856). 

 Chalcophaps moluccensis, G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 361 ; Wall. 



P. Z. S. 1862, pp. 335, 345 (Sula I.), 1863, p. 34 ; id. Ibis, 1865, 



p. 393 ; id. J.f. O. 1866, p. 284 ; Schleg. N. T. D. iii. pp. 265, 266 



(1866) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 245, n. 9420 (1870) ; Wold. Tr. 



Zool. Soc. ix. p. 222 (1875) ; Hein. 8f Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 



Orn. p. 286 (1890). 

 Chalcophaps albicapilla, Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 48 (1862), ii. p. 166, 



t. i. f. 10 (1862). 

 Goura javanica, Schleg. Dierent. p. 208 (1864). 

 Peristera moluccensis, Finsch, Xeu-Guin. p. 179 (part.) (1865). 

 Chalcophaps formosana, Swinh. Ibis, 1865, pp. 357 (rS), 540 ($); 



G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 245, n. 9424 (1870) ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 



1871, p. 397; Elwes, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 667. 

 Chalcophaps, sp., Mart. J. f. O. 1866, p. 24, sp. 137. 

 Chalcophaps pileata, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 245, n. 9422 (1870). 

 Chalcophaps javanensis, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 245, n. 9416 



(1870) ; Hein. $ Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 286 (1890). 

 Phaps albicapilla, Gieb. Thes. Om. i. p. 630 (1872), iii. p. 88 (1877). 

 Phaps augusta;', Gieb. op. cit. i. p. 630, iii. p. 89. 

 Phaps javanica, Gieb. op. cit. i. p. 030 (1872). 

 Phaps formosae, Gieb. op. cit. i. p. 630, iii. p. 89. 

 Phaps indica, Gieb. op. cit. i. p. 630, iii. p. 90. 

 Phaps moluccensis, Gieb. op. cit. i. p. 630. 

 Chalophaps marite, " Bp" Bluth (errorc pro augusta), Birds of Burnt. 



p. 147 (1875). 

 Chalcophaps javanus, Rosenb. Reis naar Zuidoostereil. p. 8 (1875). 

 Chalcophaps sp., Becc. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 716 (Miosnom and 



Koffiao) (1875). 



Adult male. Forehead and supercilium white, changing into bluish 

 lead-colour on the crown and nape ; back and wings golden green, 

 the upper feathers of the back edged with bluish lead-colour ; 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts blackish, sides of the rump 

 greyish ; on the lower back two greyish bars, and between them a 

 band of coppery bronze, the feathers with dark edges ; cheeks, throat, 

 sides of the neck, and breast vinous purple, becoming greyish vinous 

 on the abdomen ; basal under tail-coverts ashy, the longest blackish ; 

 smaller wing-coverts on the shoulders vinous grey, tipped with 

 white, producing a white bar ; quills brown, with the inner webs 

 towards the base cinnamon, like the under wing-coverts ; inner 



