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by Prof. Schlegel, and point out one or two corrections of their 

 synonymy. 



Treron aromatic a, Gm. Prof. Schlegel says, " This species 

 comes from the Philippine Islands, and not from Amboyna as 

 Brisson has indicated," and gives as synonymous T. axillaris, Gr. 

 & Bp. In my paper on the " Birds of Bouru " (Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1863, p. 33) I have established the accuracy of Brisson's locality, 

 and after a century of confusion set at rest the question of what 

 is the true T. aromatica, by the discovery in the island of Bouru 

 of a bird agreeing in the most minute particulars with Brisson's 

 description of his " Columba viridis amboinensis." The hunters I 

 employed in Bouru were natives of Amboyna, and they assured me 

 the bird was also found there, though only in the districts remote 

 from the town. It is very curious that this species, one of the 

 earliest described of its genus, and inhabiting a small island 

 which is the European emporium of the far East, should never 

 have been brought to Europe since the time of Brisson ; for I 

 presume that if a specimen existed in any museum, its agreement 

 with the accurate description of that author would have been 

 before this pointed out. It is a most beautiful and delicately 

 coloured species, and is further interesting as marking the ex- 

 treme eastern range of the genus, which is essentially charac- 

 teristic of the Indian region. The Philippine bird, therefore, 

 will retain the name of Treron axillaris, G. R. Gray. 



Treron griseicauda, G. R. Gray. Prof. Schlegel appears not 

 to have seen the true T. griseicauda, which I obtained in Celebes 

 and the Sula Islands, and have compared with the type specimen 

 in the British Museum. (See Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862, p. 344.) I 

 have specimens of a bird from Java, agreeing with those of Prof. 

 Schlegel from the same island, and for which I propose the name 

 of Treron pulverulenta. 



This species differs from T. griseicauda in its smaller size, less 

 brilliant colours on both upper and under surfaces, yellower bill, 

 in the black band on the tail being very ashy and ill-defined, and 

 the orange-brown spot above the shoulder almost obsolete. The 

 rich brown colour of the back and wing-coverts extends less 

 over the wings, and it, as well as the whole upper surface, has a 



