600 PERISTEKID.E. 



a,b. J ad.sk. Ruk Is., Carolines, July Tweeddale Coll. (ly - pes 



(Dr. O. Finsch) of species.) 



c, d. S 2 ad. sk. Ruk Is., Carolines, July Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (T. Kubary). 



17. Phlogoenas erythroptera. (Plate XII. fig. 2.) 



Gamet-winged Pigeon, Lath. Syn. ii. 2, p. 624, n. 13 (Eimeo) (1783) 



(nee varr. /3 & y). 

 Columba ervthroptera, Gm. S. N. i. 2, p. 775, n. 10 (1788) (nee van-. 



B& y) ; ZertA. 7«r7. Ora. ii. p. 597, n. 15 (1790); Bonn. Tail. Enc. 



Meth. p. 243 (1790) ; Bechst. Lath. Uebers. ii. p. 605 (1794), iv. 



p. 379 (1811) ; Temm. $ Knip, Big. i. fam. sec. p. 123, pi. 55 



(1808-11); Temm. Big. et Gallin. i. pp. 273, 473 (part.) (1813); 



Vieill. N. D. xxvi. p. 344 (part.) (1818) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. 



p. 51 (part.) (1819); Desm. Diet. Sc. Xat. xl. p. 336 (part.) (1826); 



Wayl. Syst. Av. Columba, sp. 74 (part.) (1827) ; Less. TV. d'Orn. 



p. 471 (part.) (1831) ; id. Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii. p. 41 (part.) 



(1887) ; id.op. ait. 2nd ed. p. 280 (part.) (1838) ; Bchnb. J. f. O. 



1853, p. 9 ; G. R. Gr. F. Z. S. 1856, p. 6 : Schleg. N. T. D. iv. 



p. 28 (1871)*. 

 Peristera erythroptera, part., G. B. Gr. List Gallince Brit. Mus. p. 16 



(1844) ; id. Gen. B. ii. p. 476, n. 7 (part. ?) (1845) ; Hartl. Wiegm. 



Areh. 1852, p. 134 (part.) ; id. J.f. O. 1854, p. 169. 

 Columba leucophrvs, B. Forst. MS. ; G. Forst. Icon. ined. 136 



(Taheiti) ; Wagl.Isis, 1829. p. 743 (Otaheitee) ; Forst. {ed. Licht.) 



Descr. An. p. 168 (1844); G. B. Gr. B. Z. S. 1856, p. 7; Schleg. 



N. T. D. iv. p. 28 (1871). 

 Tympanistria erythroptera, Bchnb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xxv, t. 257 b. 



f. 3383 (1852). 

 Phlegaenas erythroptera, part., Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 89 (1854) ; id. 



Com.pt. Bend, xl. pp. 206, 221, 2P>6 (part.) (1855) ; id. Coup (Tail 



Ordre Big. pp. 45, 59, n. 266 (part.) (1853). 

 Calcenas ervthroptera, part., G. B. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbse, 



p. 64 (1856); id. Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 44 (part.) (1859). 

 Pampusana erythroptera, part., Bp. Compf, Bend, xliii. p. 947 



(1856). 

 Phlegoenas ervthroptera, part., Bchnb. Tauben, i. p. 41 (part.) t. 257 b. 



f. 3383 (1862) ; G. B. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 247, n. 9446 (1870) ; 



Hartl. S[ Finsch, J. f. O. 1870, p. 134 (Tahiti) ; Wiglesw. Aves 



Bolyn. p. 55, n. 280 (i891). 

 Phlogcenas erythroptera, Sclat. B. Z. S. 1877, p. 112. 

 Phaps erythroptera, part., Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 89 (1877). 



" Length nine inches and a half. Bill three quarters of an 

 inch, and of a dusky yellow (!), in some specimens black ; the 

 forehead white ; from thence passes a streak of the same over each 

 eye almost to the hind neck, which, as well as the nape, is black ; 

 the lower part of the neck behind, the shoulders, and wing-coverts 

 are of a beautiful deep garnet-colour ; the back between the wings, 

 the quills, tail, lower part of the breast, belly, ^and vent are 



* Specimen purchased by Temminck from Bullock : perhaps one of the types 

 described bv Latham. 



