272 COLUMBID.E. PTEROCLIDJ5. 



Genus GOURA. 



802. Goura coronata (Linn.) *. Common Crowned Pigeon. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



a, 6. Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S., 



March 17, 1864. See P. Z. S. 1864, p. 139. 

 c, d. Presented by Mrs. Bacon, May 13, 1867. 

 e. Male ; /. Female. Purchased, May 23, 1870. 

 g. Deposited, Oct. 17, 1871. 



803. Goura victoria, Fraser. Victoria Crowned Pigeon. 

 Hab. Island of Jobie. 



a. Male. Purchased, Sept. 1, 1856. 



b, c. Purchased, Sept. 25, 1861. 



Genus DIDUNCULUS. 



804. Didunculus strigtrostris, Jard. Tooth-billed Pigeon. 

 Hab. Samoan Islands. 



a. Female. Presented by Dr. G. Bennett, F.Z.S., April 10, 

 1864. See Bennett, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 139, and Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 158. 



Order GALLINJE. 



Family PTEROCLID^E. 



Genus PTEROCLES. 



805. Pterodes alchata (Linn.) . Pin-tailed Sand-Grouse. 

 Hab. South Europe. 



a. Male. Purchased, Oct. 7, 1861. 



b. Female. Deposited, 1861. 



c-e. Received in exchange, Jan. 12, 1863. 



/. Bred in the Gardens, Aug. 29, 1865. 



g, h. Males ; i-m. Females. Purchased, May 7, 1870. 



806. Pterodes exustus, Temm. Lesser Pin-tailed Sand-Grouse. 

 Hab. North Africa. 



a, b. Males ; c, d. Females. Purchased, Aug. 19, 1865. 



* On the nesting of Goura, see Mitchell, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 170. 



