OCTPHAPS. LEPTOPITIA. GEOTETGON. 105 



Genus OCYPHAPS, GomR 



Ocyphaps lophotes {Temm.). 



Ocyphaps lophotes, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 67. fig. 13 (1865-63) ; 

 Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 139 (1865) ; Camphell, Nests Sf 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 49 (1883) ; North, Nests Sr Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 277 (1889) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 535 (1893) ; Sharpe, 

 Sand-l. i. p. 85 (1899). 



The eggs of the Crested Bronze-winged Dove are glossy, and 

 measure from 1*22 to 1-27 in length, and from -9 to '96 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia, June. Gould Coll. 



2. S. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sub-Family GEOTRYGONINiE. 



Genus LEPTOPTILA, Swains. 



Leptoptila fulviventris, Lawr. 



Leptoptila albifrons, Scl. §• Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 222. 



Engvptila albifrons, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 144, pi. ii. 



■fig. 22 (1892). 

 Leptoptila brachyptera, Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 545 (1893). 

 Leptoptila fulviventris, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 86 (1899). 



The sole egg of the White-fronted Dove in the Collection 

 measures 1'45 by 1'02, and is moderately glossy. 



1. Duenas, Guatemala, 31st May. Salv Jh-Godman Coll. 



Leptoptila cerviniventris, Sd. ^ Salv. 



Leptoptila cerviniventris, Salvadoi-i, Cat. Birds B, M. xxi. p. 561 (1893) ; 

 marpe, Hand-l. i. p. 87 (1899). 



The eggs of the Vinous-bellied Dove in the Collection are 

 moderately glossy, creamy -white in colour, and measure respectively : 

 1-15 by -88 ; 1-17 by -86. 



2. Oayo, British Honduras, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(F. Blancaneaux). 



Genus GEOTEYGON, Gosse. 



Geotrygon montana (Linn.). 

 (Plate Vin. fig. 1.) 



Geotrygon montana, Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 320 (1847); Lister, Ibis, 

 1880, p. 43; Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birdi, i. p. 154, pi. ii. 

 fig. 26 (1892) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 667 (1893) ; 

 sLrpe, Hand-l. i. p. 87 (1899). 



Geotrygon montanus, Salv. Sr Sol. Ibis, 1860, p. 401. 



