374 ON THE BIRDS INHABITING [1875. 



The following species, stated by Sonnerat to inhabit the island of Panay as well as the Cape 

 of Good Hope, is now known to be restricted to the African continent : — 

 La veuve de Visle de Fanny, Sonnerat, Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 117, pi. 75, 

 Emhcriza signata, Scopoli, Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 95, no. 103 (1786), ex Sonn. 

 Emheriza panayensis, Gra. S. N. i. p. 885, no. 69 (1788), ex Sonn.f 

 Veuve apoitrine rouge, D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 647. 



Fringilla ardens, Boddaert, Tabl. d. PI. Enl. p. 39 (1783), ex D'Aubent. 

 Vidua rubritorgues, Swainson, Birds West Africa, i. p. 174 (1837). 

 Penthera nihritorqucs (Sw.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 448. 

 Niohe ardens (Bodd.), G. R. Gray, Hand-list, no. 6669. 



COLUMB^. 



TRERONID^. 



OsMOTREKON, Bonaparte. 



135. OSMOTREEON VERNANS. 



Cohimha viridh philippensis, Briss. Orn. i. p. 143, pi. 11. f. 2, "Philippines" (1760). 

 Cohimha vernans, Linn. Mantissa Plant, p. 526 (1771), ex Briss. ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. 

 pp. 81, 113$. 



Pigeon verd des Philippines, D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 138. 



Columha viridis, L. S. Miiller, Suppl. p. 132 (1776), ex D'Aubent. 



Le Pigeon verd de Visle de Lugonet d'Antigue, Sonn. Voy. N. Guin. p. 110, pi. 64, c? , 65, ? 



(1776). 



Columha viridis, Scopoli (7not. propr.), Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 94, no. 9y (1786), 



ex Sonn. 



The purple Pigeon, Brown, Illustr. p. 42, p. 18, "Java" (1776). 

 Colnmba purpurea, Gm. S. N. i. p. 784, no. 61 (1788), ex Brown. 



Hab. Luzon, April {Meyer). 



A single example, a male, but erroneously marked a female by the collector, is contained in 

 Dr. Meyer's collection. It agrees in dimensions and colouring with Malaccan, North-Bornean, 

 Celebean, and Cambodian specimens {mus. nostr.). 



Tr. Z. S. ix. 136. *OSMOTRERON AXILLARIS, 



p. 211. 



" Treron axillaris, G. R. Gray," Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxix. p. 875 (1854), pair, incert. ; 

 Conspectus, ii. p. 13 (1857). 



Treron aromatica, Gm., ap. G. R. Gray, Cat. Brit. Mus. Columbce (1856), p. 10, 

 " Philippines," nee Gm. 



t Gmelin erroneously quotes Sonnerat's 76th plate. + [Anted, pp. 182, 211. — Ed.] 



