1875.J THE PHILIPPINE AECHIPELAGO. 381 • 



Carpophaga casta, Peale, Un. St. Expl. Exped. 1st ed. Zool. p. 204, " Sooloo Islands" 

 (1848); Ilartlaub, Archiv f. Naturgesch. xiii. Jahrgang, i. p. IIG. 



Ilah. Negros, March {Mei/er). 



The example above referred to, a male {Jide Meyer), in no way differs from an authentic 

 New-Guinea individual. It possesses fourteen rectrices. Several examples collected near Malacca 

 by Mr. Maingayf are also not to be distinguished, and all possess fourteen rectrices. A large 

 series of this species, as well as of M. luctuosa, was sent from Celebes by Dr. Meyer ; but 

 unfortunately no exact localities were given. This Pigeon appears to extend from the Andamans 

 and Java to New Guinea, timing its migrations according to the ripening of the various fruits it 

 feeds on J. 



IIemipHxVGa, Bonaparte. 



144. * Hemiphaga poliocephala. 



Carpophaga poliocephala, G. R. Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus. Gallina?, iii. p. 6, " Philippines" 

 (1844), dcscr. nulla; Gray & Mitch. Genera, ii. p; 469, pi. 119; List Birds Brit. Mus. Colmnhae, 

 p. 22, no. 22 (1856) ; Hand-list, no. 9223 ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1855, p. ^1 {descr. pnnceps); Schlegel, 

 Mus, Pays-Bas, Columbce, p. 92. 



Hemiphaga poliocephala (G. R. Gray), Bp. Compt. Ptend. xxxix. p. 1077 (1854) ; Consp. 

 ii. p. 39 (1857). 



Hab. Philippines (Cwmm^) ; hnzon (Haii.laub, Gevers). 



This Pigeon is a representative form of //. forsteni, ex Celebes. 



COLUMBID^. Tr.Z.S.ix. 



p. 218. 



Iantikenas, Reichenbach. 



145. * Ianthcenas geiseogularis. 



lanthcenas griseogularis, Walden & Layard, Ibis, 1872, p. 104, pi. 6, " Guimaras " (April, 

 1872). lAntea, p. 121.] 



Carpophaga metallica, var., Schlegel, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. 1866, p. 202, " Luzon." 



Janthoenas luzoniensis, Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Columboe, p. 75, " Luzon " (March, 1873). 



Hab. Guimaras {Meyer) ; Luzon [Gevers). 



Discriminated, described, figured, and named for the first time in 1872 by the two English 

 authors above cited, from an individual obtained in the island of Guimaras, Professor Schles-el 

 in 1873 [I. c.) again named it, and quoted its original title as a synonym. As the species is not 

 confined to the island of Luzon, the last title is also misleading. 



t Mr. Maingay, in his MS. notes on this species, states that it is never found on the mainland of the Malaccan 

 peninsula. It arrives at the Water Islands, nine miles from Malacca, about the beginning or middle of July, is abundant 

 towards the latter end of August, and departs towards the end of September. Captain Pinwill observed a flock pass over 

 Pinang in July, but adds that they are not found on that island. 



X On the range of M. hicohr, cf. Schlegel, Nederl. Tijdschr. iii. p. 205. 



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