218 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIEDS 



COLUMBID^. 



lANTHffiNAS, Reichenbach. 



145. * Ianthcenas griseogularis. 



lanthmnas griseogularis, Walden & Layard, Ibis, 1872, p. 104, pi. 6, " Guimaras " (April, 1872) . 

 Carpophaga metallica, var., Schlegel, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. 1866, p. 202, " Luzon." 

 Janthcenas luzoniensis, ScUegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Columba, p. 75, " Luzon " (March, 1873). 



Ilab. Guimaras {Meyer) ; Luzon {Gevers). 



Discriminated, described, figured, and named for the first time in 1872 by the two 

 English authors above cited, from an individual obtained in the island of Guimaras. 

 Professor Schlegel in 1873 (/. c.) again named it, and quoted its original title as a 

 synonym. As the species is not confined to the island of Luzon the last title is also 

 misleading. 



Macroptgia, Swainson. 



146. * MaCROPYGIA TENUIROSTRIS. 



Macropygia tenuirostris, G. R. Graj', List Birds Brit. Mus. ColumbcB, p. 39, " Philippines," descr. 



nulla (1856) ; Bp. Consp. ii. p. 57, "Philippines" (1857). 

 Columba phasianella, Temm. PI. Col. 100, "Manilla," nee Temm. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 129. 



Hob. Luzon, Negros [Meyer). 



This species belongs to the same section as M. phasianella (Temm.), and M. 

 emiliana, Bp. 



In Negros Dr. Meyer obtained a single example of a Macropygia which differs from 

 the Luzon species in having the back and uropygium dark brown without a trace of 

 rufous, in the shoulder-coverts being uniform brown, not edged with rufous, in the 

 upper surface of the middle pair of rectrices being brown like the back, and in having 

 a black band traversing the whole breadth of the second and third outer pair of rectrices 

 (the first pair are wanting). This mdividual is stated on the label to be a male, while 

 the Luzon example with which the above comparison is made is marked a female. 

 The difierences observable may therefore be sexual. 



M. tenuirostris is stated by Professor Schlegel (Mus. Pays-Bas, Cohimbce, p. 109) to 

 belong to the Javan and Lombock species, M. emiliana, Bp., — an opinion in which I 

 regret I cannot concur. Besides being considerably smaller, M. emiliana has the 

 upper plumage of a much lighter and clearer rufous, and the upper surface of the 

 rectrices are pure light rufous, and not brown. 



TuRTUE, Selby 



147. * TURTUR DUSSUMIERI. 

 Columba dussumieri, Temm. PI. Col. 188, "Lu(jon" (1823). 

 I{ab. Luzon and Negros (Meyer). 



