572 Mr. L. W. Wiglesworth on the Polynesian 



Colmnba oopa, Wagl. Isis^ 1829, p. 742. 



Columba taitensis, Less. Tr. crOrn. p. 472 (1831). 



Columba porphyi^acra, pt., Forst. Descr. An. p. 167 (1844). 



Ptilinopus f meatus, Peale, U. S, Exp. p. 191, pi. 52 (1848) ; 

 Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, p. 114. 



Kurukuru purpuratus, Des Murs & Prev. Voy. Venus, Zool. 

 p. 222 (1855). 



Kurukuru dupetitthouarsi, Des Murs & Prev. ib. pi. vii. 



Kurukuru nebouxii, Des Murs & Prev. ib. p. 253, pi. vii. 

 (ap. Elliot). 



Kurukuru taitensis, Des Murs. & Prev. ib. p. 251. 



Kurutreron oopa, Bp. C. R. 1854, p. 878 ; id. Consp. Av. ii. 

 p. 26 (1857) ; Reichb. Tauben, p. 92, t. 245. figs. 3527, 

 3528 (1862). 



Ptilonupus purpuratus, Gray, List B. Br. Mus., Columba, 

 p. 4 (pt. 1856) ; id. B. Trop. Is. p. 35 (pt. 1859). 



Ptilonopus taitensis, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 466. 



Ptilinopus tahitensis, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, p. 134. 



Ptilinopus purpuratus, Cass. U. S. Exp. p. 269, pi. xxx. 

 (1858) ; Finsch & Hartl. Orn. Centralpolyn. p. 122 (1867) ; 

 Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 741 ; id. Voy. Challenger, Birds, 

 p. 57 (1881). 



Ptilinopus oopa, Pelz. Novara Reise, p. 104 (1865). 



Ptilnpus purpuratus, Schl. Mus. P.-B., Columbcs, p. 15 

 (1873). 



Ptilopus taitensis, Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 541, 515. 



'' Oopa " of the natives [Forster) . 



Hab. Island of Tahiti. 



Under the title " Purple-crowned Pigeon/' Latham in- 

 cluded the Tongan bird with that from Otaheite, making the 

 remark that the latter possesses a very pale purple crown, 

 whereas in specimens from Tonga it is of a remarkably dark 

 and vivid purple. The Tahitian bird was his type, and, unlike 

 Mr. Elliot, I find his description excellent, corresponding in 

 all respects with that given by Dr. Finsch of P. purpuratus 

 in the ' Voyage of the Challenger.' It does not, therefore, 

 seem desirable to follow Wagler and bestow the name pur- 

 puratus on the Tongan species. Forster united the same two 



