YISCOITNT WALDEN ON THE BIEDS OF CELEBES. 83 



loTBERON, Bonaparte. 



118. loTRERON MELANOCEPHALA (Forster), Zool. Indica, p. 16, pi. 7, "Java" (1781'). 

 Ptilopus melanocephalus, Schlegel, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 207. 



Eab. Java {type) ; Flores, Sumbawa, Celebes, Sula Islands, Ceram, Sangbir {Schlegel) ; 

 Lombock {Wallace). 



Professor Schlegel {I. c.) has detailed the characters which distinguish the several 

 races of this Pigeon inhabiting the islands of Java, Flores, Celebes, Sula, Ceram, and 

 Sanghir. They undoubtedly should receive distinguishing titles; for until they and 

 analogous forms are separately named, the physical geographer will only find half the 

 truth when studying zoological catalogues. The Celebean bird has the yellow gular 

 patch tinged with orange {conf. Schlegel, I. c. ). 



Leucotkeeon, Bonaparte. 



119. Leucoteeeon gulakis (Quoy et Gaimard), Voy. Astr. Zool. i. p. 247, pi. 29, 



"Menado"(1830). 



Hah. Menado {Wallace). 



C. diademata, Temm., C. monacha, Eeinwardt, and C. hypogastra, Reinwardt, belonging 

 to the Ptilopodinm, were erroneously described by Temminck as inhabiting Celebes 

 (cow/. Wallace, Ibis, 1865). 



Carpophaga, Selby. 



120. Caepophaga PAULINA, Temm. Mus. Lugd. {Colmnba omea^'i, Temm., Knipp, Pig. 



i. pi. 4); Bp. Consp. ii. p. 35; Wallace, Ibis, 1865, p. 385; Schlegel, Nederl. 

 Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 200. 



Hah. Macassar, Menado, Sula Islands {Wallace). 



A Philippine example in the Leyden Museum is stated by Professor Schlegel {I. c.) to 

 resemble the Celebean bird. But the differential characters it possesses render it likely 

 that the Philippine bird is specifically distinct. The examples in the same collection, 

 said to have been brought from the Mariannes (1), difier but slightly from the Celebean 

 species, according to Professor Schlegel. Both Prince Bonaparte and Mr. Wallace rank 

 this fine Fruit-Pigeon under Bucula, Hodgs. It appears to me to be a typical Carpo- 

 phaga, Selby. 



' I have not been able to refer to the first edition of Pennant's ' Indian Zoology ;' but if this species is there 

 named, it will have to take Pennant's title (1709). 



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