210 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIRDS 



P. haya, Blyth, in Ceylon, and which Mr. Layard (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xiii. 2nd 

 series, p. 257, no. 158) renders Tokanam cooroovi, i. e. Basket-maker bird. 



Therefore, until authentic examples of a Philippine species of Ploceus sufficiently 

 agreeing with Brisson's original description are obtained, it will be most in accordance 

 with existing evidence to refer the common Indian and Ceylon Weaverbird, P. baya, 

 Blyth, to the Linnsean species Loxia phiUppina. 



The P/ocews joM//jp/»MS of Gray's Hand-list, no. 6612, and stated to be from the 

 Philippines only, is not represented in the British Museum. 



The following species, stated by Sonnerat to inhabit the island of Panay as well as 

 the Cape of Good Hope, is now known to be restricted to the African continent. 

 La veuve de Visle de Panay, Sonnerat, Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 117, pi. 75. 

 Emheriza signata, Scopoli, Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 95, no. 103 (1780) ex Sonn. 

 Emberiza panayensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 885, no. 69 (1788), ex Sonn.' 

 Vetive a poitrine rouge, D'Aubenton, PI. Enl. 647. 



FringiUa ardens, Boddaert, Tabl. d. PI. Enl. p. 39 (1783), ex D'Aubent. 

 Vidua rubritorques, Swainson, Birds West Africa, i. p. 174 (1837). 

 Pentheria rubritorques (Sw.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 448. 

 Niobe ardens (Bodd.), G. R. Gray, Hand-list, no. 6669. 



COLUMB^. 



TREROXIDiE. 



OsMOTRERON, Bonaparte. 



135. OSMOTRERON VERNANS. 



Columba viridis philippensis, Briss. Orn. i. p. 143, pi. 11. f. 2, "Philippines" (1760). 



Columba vernans, Linn. Mantissa Plant, p. 526 (1771), ex Briss.; Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. 



pp. 81, 113. 

 I'iqeon verd des Philippines, D'Aubenton, PL Enl. 138. 

 Columba viridis, L. S. Miiller, Siippl. p. 132 (1776), ex D'Aubent. 

 Le Pigeon verd de I'isle de Luc^on et d'Antigue, Sonn. Voy. N. Guiu. p. 110, pi. 64, rf, 65, ? 



(1776). 

 Columba viridis, Scopoli {mot. propr.), Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 94, no. 95 (1786), ex Soiui. 

 The purple Pigeon, Brown, Illustr. p. 42, p. 18, "Java" (1776). 

 Columba purpurea, Gm. S. N. i. p. 784, no. 61 (1788), ex Brown. 



Hab. Luzon, April {Meyer). 



A single example, a male, but erroneously marked a female by the collector, is 

 contained in Dr. Meyer's collection. It agrees in dimensions and colouring with 

 Malaccan, North-Bornean, Celebean, and Cambodjan {mus. nostr.). 

 ' Gmelin erroneously quotes Sonnerat's 70th plate. 



