TTMPANISTRIA. CHALCOPHAPS. PHAPS. 103 



Genus TYMPANISTBJA, ReicJienb. 

 Tympanistria tympanistria (Temm. <$f Knip). 



Peristera tympanistria, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 214. 



Tympanistria tympanistria, Sharpe s ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 571 



(1884) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 504 (1893) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 83 (1899). 



The sole egg of the White-breasted Wood-Dove in the Collection 

 is cream-coloured and measures "95 by '73. It has very little 

 gloss. 



1. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [0.]. 



Genus CHALCOPHAPS, Gould. 

 Chalcophaps chrysochlora, Wagler. 



Chalcophaps chrysochlora, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 118 (1865) ; 

 North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 271 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxi. p. 511 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 83 (1899). 



The three eggs of the Australian Bronze-winged Dove are glossy 

 and measure respectively : 1-15 by '85 ; 1*18 by -89 ; I'lo by *87. 



1. Moreton Bay, N.E. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Port Essington, N. Australia. Gould Coll. 



Chalcophaps indica (Linn.). 

 (Plate VIII. figs. 2 & 3.) 



Chalcophaps indica, Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 714 (1879) ; Dates ed. Hume, 

 Nests fy Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 363 (1890) ; Steere, List Birds fy Mamm. 

 Philip, p. 24 (1890); Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 514 

 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 84 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Bronze-winged Dove are either pure 

 white or cream-coloured. They measure from 1*02 to 1'19 in length, 

 and from '78 to '9 in breadth, and are highly glossy. 



2. Mussoorie (T. Hutton). Hume Coll. 



2. Curzon, Nilghiris, 3rd May. Hume Coll. 



2. Curzon, 5th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Nicobars, 17th Feb. ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



1. Nicobars, 1st March ( W. D.}. Hume Coll. 



2. Sinzaway, Tenasserim, 28th April Hume Coll. 



(C. T. Bingham). 



2. Klang, Malay Peninsula ( W. Z>.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Mindoro Isl., Philippines, June. Steere Exped. 



Genus PHAPS, Sefty. 



Phaps chalcoptera (Lath.). 



Columba chalcoptera, Thien. Fortpfanz. ges. Vog. p. 56, tab. xi. fig. 1 

 (1845-54). 



