Birds of Celebes: Treronidae. . (527 



that Celebes itself was the land of exodus of the genus. The Celebesian species 

 have affinities on all sides, but somewhat the strongest with the Philippines: 

 C.forsteni, C. racUata and C. paulina are most nearly related to Philippines forms, 

 C. poecilorrhoa apparently to Oriental ones ; C. rosacea is a Lesser Sundan species. 



GENUS MYRISTICIVORA Rchb. 



In structure like Carpophaga, but easily distinguished by its general plumage 

 of cream-white, with black wings and tail for the greater part. Five species 

 occurring from the Malay Peninsula to Australia; one or two of them "insular" 

 and of wandering habits. 



-f 272. MYRISTICIVORA BICOLOR (Scop.). 



Insular Nutmeg Pigeon. 



a. Pigeon ou Ramier blanc mangeur de muscade de la Nouvelle Guinee (I) Sonnerat, Voy. 



Nouv. Guin. 177(5, 168, pi. 103. 



b. Columba bicolor (1) Scop., Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. 1786, 11, 94, Nr. 97; (2) Schl., 



Handl. Dierk. 1857, 410. 



c. Columba alba (1) Gm., S. K 1788, n, 780; (2) Less., Tr. d'Orn. 1831, 469. 



d. Columba littoralis (I) Temm. &Knip, Pig. I, 1808—11, pi. 7. 



e. Carpophaga bicolor (1) Gray, Gen. B. App. p. 23 (1849); (11) Cassin, U. S. Expl. Exp. 



Orn. 1858, 265, pi. 28; (3) Pelz., Novara Reise, Vog. 1865, 107; (4) Wall., Ibis 

 1865, 386; (5) Schl., N. T. D. IH, 1866, 203, 205, 343, partim; (6) Ball, Sir. F. 

 I, 1873, 79; (7) Schl., Mus. P.-B., Columbae, 1873, 98, pt.; (8) Salvad., Cat. Ucc. 

 Borneo 1874, 292; (9) Hume, Str. F. n, 1874, 80, 84, 96, 103, 114, 119, 264; (10) 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, 108, pt.; (11) Briiggem., Abh. Ver. Bremen V, 1876, 85; 

 (12) Kelli., Ibis 1881, 527; (13) Gates, B. Br. Burm.^l8S3, 11, 303; (14) Vorderman, 

 Nat. T. Ned. Indie 1883, XLH, 227; (15) Koorders, ib. 1889, XLVm, 44, 

 115; (16) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 195; (17) Whitehd., Ibis 1890, 56; 

 (18) Sharpe & Whitehd., t. c. 135; (19) SL, ib. 284; (20) Gates, ed. Hume's 

 Nests & Eggs Ind. B. H, 1890, 369; (21) Vorderm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 1891, L, 507; 

 (22) id., Notes Leyd. Mus. 1891, 129; (23) Ev., Ibis 1891, 241; (24) id., ib. 1895, 32. 

 Myristicivora bicolor (1) Bp., Oonsp. H, 1854, 36; (II) Rchb., Tauben 1862, 116, t. 229, 

 figs. 1278—79, et p. 182, t. VI, 1 64—65; (3) Wald., Tr. Z. S. VLH, 1872, 84; (4) 

 id., ib. L^, 1875, 217; (V) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Gen. IX, 1876, 62, 270-276, fig. 3; 

 (6) Sharpe, Tr. L. S. (2) I, 1877, 347, 353; (7) Meyer, Il)is 1879, 136; (7"'^) 

 Wardl. Rams., Tweedd. Orn. Works, Index 1881, 659; (8) Salvad., Orn. Pap. HI, 

 18S2, 107; (9) Sclat., P. Z. S. 1883, 51, 195, 200; (10) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 

 118; (11) Kutter, t. c. 315; (12) Meyer, Ztscbi\ ges. Orn. 1884, 194; (13) Guillem.^ 

 P. Z. S. 1885, 271, 416, 558, et pt. 575; (14) id.. Cruise "Marchesa" 1886, H, 3; 

 (15) Salvad., Ibis 1886, 153; (16) W. Bias., Ztsclir. ges. Orn. 1886, 197; (17) 

 Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) IV, 1887, 559; (18) W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 617, 

 642; (19) Steere, List Coll. B. & M. Philipp. Is. 1890, 24; (20) Salvad., Agg. 

 Orn. Pap. 1891, HI, 184; (21) id., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1892, (2) XH, 140; (22) id., 

 Cat. B. XXI, 1893, 227; (23) Sharpe, Ibis 1894, 257; (24) M. &Wg., J. f. 0. 

 1894, 248; (25) Bourns & Wore, B. Menage Exp. 1894,30; (26) M. & Wg., Abb, 

 Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. I."); (27) Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 180, 536. 



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