OSMOTRERON. PHABOTREROX. PTILOruS. : I 



Osmotreron vcrnans (Linn.). 



TYeron vornans, Eoerett, P. Z. S. 183 J, p. 225 j id. List Birds Born. 



p. 196 (1889). 

 Os mot re roil vernans, O ties ed. Hume, Nests $ Ef/f/s I/id. B. ii. p. 375 



(1890) ; Saloadori, Cat. Birds It. M. xxi. p. GO (1893) ; Shai-pe, Hand-l. 



i. p. 54 (1899). 



The eggs of the Pink-necked Green Pigeon measure from 1/08 to 

 1-12 in length, and from -8 to '88 in breadth, and have but little 

 gloss. 



-2. Kussoom, Malay Peninsula, 7th July Hume Coll. 



( W. Damson). 

 2. Klanor, Malay Peninsula, 12th Jan. Hume Coll. 



(W.D.). 

 2. Labuan, Borneo, May. A. H. Everett, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus PHABOTRERON, Bp. 

 Phabotreron leucotis (Temm.\ 



Phabotreron leucotis, Saloadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 07 (1893); 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 55 (1899). 

 Geopelia striata, Grant $ Whitehead* (lapsu), Ibis, 1898, p. 246. 



The eggs of the White-eared Pigeon are glossy, and measure from 

 1-05 to 1-13 in length, and from -77 to -8 in breadth. 



4. Engano, North-east Luzon, May. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



Sub-Family PTILOPODIN,E. 



Genus PTILOPUS, Swains. 



Ptilopus perousei, Peale. 



Ptilonopus perousii, Whitmee, Ibis, 1875, p. 441. 



Ptilopus perousei, Salvador^ Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 87 (1893) ; Sharps, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 56 (1899). 



The egg of Marie's Fruit-Pigeon in the Collection measures 

 1*16 by -97, and has little or no gloss. 



1. Tongatabu, Friendly Islands. P. B. Leefe ; Esq. [P.]. 



Ptilopus swainsoni, Gould. 



Ptilinopus swainsonii, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 106 (1865). 

 Ptilopus swainsoni, Saloadori. Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 95 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 57 (1899). 



* The late Mr. Whitehead informed me that the eggs of this species were 

 attributed by him to Geopelia striata by an oversight. They were really those 

 ui the present species. 



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