TRERONIN^. 
12. P. naina (Temm.) PL col. 565. 
13. P. cyanovirens (Less.) Selby, Voy. de la Coqu. t. 42. f. 1 
Ptilonopus leucogaster Swains. Knip et Prer. Pig. t. 8. 
14. P. virens (Less.) Voy. de la Coqu. t. 42. f. 2. 
15. P. viridis (Linn.) Swains. Mag. de Zool. 1836.pl. 76., Knip 
et Prev. Pig. t. 17. 
16. V.jambu (Gmel.) Temm. Pig. t. 27, 28. 
17. P. superbus (Temm.) Steph. Temm. Pig. t. 33., Knip et Prev. 
Pig. t. 42. 
18. P. cinctus (Temm.) Temm. Pig. t. 23. 
19. P. holosericeus (Temm.) Temm. Pig. t. 32. 
20. P. maculatus (Gmel.) Swains. Lath. Hist, of B. viii. pi. 1 1 7. 
21. P. roseicollis (Wagl.) — Columba porphyrea Temm. PI. col. 
106. ; Ptilonopus erythrocephalus Swains. Knip et Prev. Pig. t. 4. 
22. P. melanocephalus (Penn.) Steph., Penn. Zool. Ind. pi. 7., PI. 
enl. 214., Temm. Pig, t. 30. 
23. P. pulcherrimus (Scop.) Sonn. Nouv. Guin. t. 67. — Columba 
rubricapilla Gmel. Temm. Pig. t. 20. 
24. P. purpurokucocephalus (Homb. & Jacq.) Ann. Sci. Nat. 
1841. p. 316. 
25. P. occipitalis G. R. Gray. 
Treron Vieill.* 
Bill short, robust, with the tips of both mandibles much vaulted, especially that of the upper, the 
basal portion depressed and straight ; the nostrils lateral and longitudinal. Wings moderate and 
pointed, with the second and third quills nearly equal and longest, the third quill with the inner web 
notched near the middle. Tail moderate and rounded, sometimes lengthened and wedge-shaped. Tarsi 
very short, thick, and feathered below the knee. Toes free at the base, the inner shorter than the outer, 
the hind toe long and broad ; and the claws moderate, compressed, and arched. 
The species inhabit the continent of India, its Archipelago, and the continent of Africa ; they are entirely arboreal 
birds, and live in flocks of from three to thirty, seeking from branch to branch of the low trees and bushes of the vast 
forests for the various soft berries which constitute their food. Their flight, Mr. Pakeman has kindly informed me, is 
very rapid, and is generally performed in the night time, within a few yards of the ground. Their nest is built on the 
cross branches in the thickest parts of the spiny shrubs ; it is composed of a few twigs loosely put together, and in it 
they lay two eggs. 
1. T. aromatica (Gmel.) Steph. PI. enl. l63., Temm. Pig. t. 5. — 
Columba curvirostra Gmel.; Col. xanthura Forst. Icon. ined. t. 138. ; 
Toria nipalensis Hodgs. 
2. T./ulvicollis (Wagl.) — Columba aromatica var. Temm. Pig. t. 
6. ; Col. cinnamomea Temm. 
3. T. olax (Temm.) Steph. PI. col. 241., Knip et Prev. Pig. 
t. 12. 
4. T. Sti. Thom(B (Gmel.) — Columba phoenicoptera Lath. ; Col. 
militaris Temm. Pig. t. 10.; Col. Hardwickii Gray; Col. pom- 
padora Gmel. 
5. T. Jerdoni Strickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1844. 38 — Columba 
militaris Jerd. ; Vinago chlorogaster Blyth. 
6. T. psittacea (Temm.) Steph. Temm. Pig. t. 4. 
7. T. vernans (Linn.) Steph. PI, enl. 138. — Columba purpurea 
Cr»ne^. Brown's 111. t. 18. ; Col. tannensis Lath.; Col. viridis Scop. 
Temm. Pig. t. 10. ; Vinago bicincta et V. unicolor Jerd. 
8. T. australis (Linn.) Steph. Jard. & Selby's 111. Orn. t 81. — 
Vinago nudirostris Swains. 
9. T. abyssinica (Lath.) Temm. Pig. t. 8. — Columba humeralis 
Wagl. 
10. T. calva (Temm.) Steph., Temm. Pig. t. 7. 
11. T. crassirostris Fras. Proc. Z. S. 1843. 35. 
12. T. Capellei (Temm.) Steph. Temm. PI. Col. 143., Knip et 
Prev. Pig. t. 38. 
13. T. OTyura (Temm.) PI. col. 240. Knip et Prev. Pig. t. 20. — 
Sphenurus semitorquatus Swains. 
14. T. sphenura (Vigors), Proc. Z. S. 1831. 173., Gould's Cent, 
of Birds pi. 57. 
15. T. Sieboldii (Temm.) PI. col. 549., Knip et Prev. Pig. t. 10. 
16. T. Korthalsii (Temm.) 
17. T. ? eimensis (Gmel.) 
18. T. ? asiatica (Gmel.) 
* Vieillot established this name {Analyse, p. 49.) in I8I6 ; but Cuvier (1817) used in its place Vinago ; Mr. Hodgson {As. Res. 1836, 
p. 163.) Toria, which in 1841 he changed to Romeris : all these are coequal. Some of the species were separated under the appellation 
of Sphenurus by Mr. Swainson {Class, of Birds, ii. p. 348.) in 1837. 
August, 1844. 
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