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246 . On a new Genus of the Order Columbse. 



2. TURAC(ENA MODESTA. 



Turaccena modesta, Temm. PL Col. 552 ; Knip, Pig. ii. 

 p. 31 ; Wall. Ibis, 1863, p. 486. 



Slate-colour, with reflections of green and lilac on the 

 head, nape, and mantle; primaries and tail brown, quite 

 plain. 



Sexes alike. 



Wing 8 inches, tail 8, tarsus 1, bill 1. Iris brick-red, 

 with an inner tinge of yellow ; orbits yellow ; bill and feet 

 black {Wallace). 



Hab. Timor. 



XXII. — On a new Genus of the Order Columbae. By Major 

 R G. Wardlaw Ramsay, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



In the ' Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South 

 Wales/ vol. vii. p. 116 (1883), Mr. W. A. Haswell has a 

 paper on the u Anatomy of Turaccena^ relating to the so- 

 called Turaccena crassirostris, Gould, which in reality does 

 not belong to that genus, as the tail alone is sufficient to 

 show. 



Mr. Haswell proves that this species is not a Macropygia, 

 and moreover belongs to the subfamily Phapince rather than 

 to the Columbince, having no caeca, while an ambiens muscle 

 is present. The shape of the gizzard also removes it from 

 Macropygia. 



The general appearance of Turaccena crassirostris is that of 

 Macropygia, and it has a tail resembling that genus ; but it 

 has a very massive bill, resembling Didunculus, and the 

 occipital feathers are lengthened into a crest, somewhat as 

 in Ocyphaps lophotes. 



For this bird I propose the new generic name 



Corypho:nas, gen. nov. 



1. CORYPHCENAS CRASSIROSTRIS. 



Turaccena crassirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 136 (Gua- 



