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Dimensions. 
Wing. Tail. Bill. Tarsus. Locality. 
inches. inches. inch. inch. 
C. purpurascens, G. RB. Gray... 6. cece ee ee ees 4250 4-750 5625 *8750 | Cape York. 
C. amboinensis, G. R. Gray .... 1.6022 seers 3875 3500 -5000 *8125 | Amboyna. 
(Chante G@iliTil)). ead aomodoine oon SHBMO nao ae 3°875 2-500 “5000 *7500 | Timor. 
Crohalyheay (orks) ters 2-9 «ofa -a)s aie Yate she's eyes 3°750 2°500 5000 -7500 | Java. 
CSIDSIGIATON (CHAZ) eo, so sce « wre) e w. slo\'s p) els] ove sara 4-000 2:875 5000 *8125 | Malacca. 
x Se DREN Ee emetic cine etter et 3°625 2-625 *5000 *8125 | Sarawak. 
a > RIG UCC Core om oro don tor 3°750 2-750 *5000 *8125 | Cambodja. 
@amerl ental amo pen nate ics setevelsve,waciels ©: sielere (ereperens 4125 3-250 5625 *8750 | Celebes. 
Cierassirostrissnob.) <i hiite tc. oe bs Veni e ele we 4-000 4-125 -5000 +8750 | Lombock. 
C. cantoroides, G. B. Gray 0... ...00 22s gees es 3°750 | 2-500 5000 *8125 | Mysol. 
ScissrrostruM, Lafresnaye. 
114. ScissmrostruM DuBIUM (Latham), Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xviii. no. 5 (1801), ex Lath. 
Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 73. no. 11, descr. orig. 
Scissirostrum pagei, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 93, “ Manado;” Mag. Zool. 1845, pl. 59; Wallace, 
Ibis, 1860, p. 141 ; Malay Archip. i. p. 480. 
Hab. Scarce at Macassar, plentiful near Menado (Wallace). 
We owe the identification of this most anomalous form with the Lanius dubius, 
Lath., to Dr. Hartlaub (Arch. Nat. xiii. 2. p. 57). Notwithstanding Prince Bonaparte’s 
incredulity (Consp. i. p. 423), a reference to Latham’s original description, taken from 
a specimen “at Mr. Thompson’s, Little St. Martin’s Lane, London, but without any 
history of its manners or country annexed,” leaves no doubt of its identity. 
The sequence and relative proportions of the quills in this species are the same as in 
Calornis. The structure of the tail is similar to that of Calornis metallica (Temm.). 
The bill resembles most nearly, in its massiveness and general outline, that of Hulabes 
javanus, Cuy.; but the peculiar position of the nostrils, situated in narrow and deep 
ascending grooves, is quite unique. The sole existing representative of a subfamily (?) 
long since extinct, its systematic place seems to between Calornis and Eulabes. 
COLUMB. 
TRERONIDZ. 
Osmorreron, Bonaparte. 
115. OsmorrERoN vERNANS (Linn.), Mantissa, p. 526 (1771), ex Briss. Orn. i. p. 143, 
* Philipp. Ins. ;” Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 789, ex Linn. ; Wallace, Ibis, 1863, p. 320. 
Columba viridis, Scop. Del. Fl. Insub. ii. p. 94 (1786), ex Sonnerat, Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 110, 
pl. 64, ¢, pl. 65, 2, “iles de Lucon et D’ Antigue.” 
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