OCTPHAPS. LEPTOPTILA. GEOTKYGON. 105 



Genu? OCYPHAPS, Gould. 



Ocyphaps lophotes (Temm.). 



Ocyphaps lopliotes, Baedeker. JEier Eur. Vof/. tab. 67. fig. 1.3 (1855-63) ; 

 Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 139 (1865); CampheU, Nests ^ 

 Eqqs Austr. Birds, p. 49 (1883) ; North, Nests ^ Eqgs Austr. Birds, 

 p."277 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 5;i5 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 85 (1899). 



The eggs of the Crested Brouzc-winged Dove are glossy, and 

 measure from 1"22 to 1-27 iu length, and from -9 to "96 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia, June. Gould Coll. 



2. S. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sub-Family GEOTRYGONIN^. 



Genus LEPTOPTILA, Sivains. 



Leptoptila fulviventris, Laiur. 



Leptoptila nlbifrons, Scl. ^- Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 222. 



Engvptila albifrons, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 144, pi. ii. 



'fig. 22 (1892). 

 Leptoptila braehyptera, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M, xxi. p. 545 (1893). 

 Leptoptila fulviventris, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 86 (1899). 



The sole egg of the White-fronted Dove in the Collection 

 measures 1*45 by 1*02, and is moderately glossy. 



1. Duenas, Guatemala, 31st May. Salvin-Godman CoU. 



Leptoptila cerviniventris, Sd. S,' Salv. 



Leptoptila cerviniventris, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 561 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 87 (1899). 



The eggs of the Vinous-bellied Dove in the Collection are 

 moderately glossy, creamy white in colour, and measure respectively : 

 1-15 by -88 ; 1-17 by -86. 



2. Cayo, British Honduras, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(F. Blancaneuu.x). 



Genus GEOTRYGON, Goase. 



Geotrygon montana {Linn.). 

 (Plate YIII. fig. 1.) 



Geotrygon montana, Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 320 (1847); Lister, Ibis, 

 1880, p. 43; Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birdi, i. p. 154, pi. ii. 

 fig. 26 (1892) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 567 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 87 (1899). 



Geotrygon montanus, <S'«/t\ ^- Scl. Ibis, 1800, p. 401. 



