OC YPHAPS. LEPTOPTILA . G EOTRYGON. 1 05 



Genus OCYPHAPS, Gould. 

 Ocyphaps lophotes (Temm.). 



Ocyphaps lophotes, Baedeker. Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 67. fig. 13 (1855-63) ; 

 Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 139 (1865) ; Campbell, Nests $ 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 49 (1883) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 277 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 535 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l i. p. 85 (1899). 



The eggs of the Crested Bronze-winged Dove are glossy, and 

 measure from 1-22 to 1*27 in length, and from -9 to -96 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia, June. Gould Coll. 



2. S. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sub-Family GEOTRYGONIN^E. 



Genus LEPTOPTILA, Sivains. 



Leptoptila folviventris, Lawr. 



Leptoptila albifrons, Set. $ Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 222. 



Engvptila albifrons, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 144, pi. ii. 



'fig. 22 (1892). 



Leptoptila brachyptera, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 545 (1893). 

 Leptoptila fulviventris, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 86 (1899). 



The sole egg of the White-fronted Dove in the Collection 

 measures 1*45 by 1'02, and is moderately glossy. 



1. Duenas, Guatemala, 31st May. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Leptoptila cerviniventris, Scl. $ Salv. 



Leptoptila cerviniventris, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 561 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 87 (1899). 



The eggs of the Vinous-bellied Dove in the Collection are 

 moderately glossy, creamy white in colour, and measure respectively : 

 1-15 by -88 ; 1-17 by -86. 



2. Cayo, British Honduras, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(F. Blancaneaux). 



Genus GEOTRYGON, Gosse. 



Geotrygon montana (Linn.). 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 1.) 



Geotrygon montana, Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 320 (1847); Lister, Ibis, 

 1880, p. 43; Bendire t Life Hist. N. A. Bird*, i. p. 154, pi. ii. 

 fir. 26 (1892) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 567 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l i. p. 87 (1899). 



Geotrygon montanus, Salv. ty Scl. Ibis, 1860, p. 401. 



