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PHAPITRERON. — PHAPS. 
Simorhynchus monoceratus Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Urinat. 26. 
Ceratorhyncha mono cer ata, Sagmatorhina Suckleyi Coues, Proc. acad. Phila- 
delphia 1868. 28. 32. 
Ceratorhina monocerata Bkandt, Bullet, acad. Petersbg. 1869. VII. 239. 
Cerorhina Suckleyi Gray, Handl. Birds III. 97. 
nodirostris Gray, Genera Birds III. 638. == Phaleris pygmaea Gray. 
psittaeula Temminck, Man. Ornith. I. 112. [Ocean, pacif. sept. 
Alca psittaeula Pallas, Spicil. Zool. V. 13. Tb. 2. 5. Fig. 4 — 6. 
Lunda psittaeula Pallas, Zoogr. ross. as. II. 366. 
Ombria psittaeula Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas IV. 3. Tb. 17. — Brandt, Bullet. 
acad. Petersbg. 1837. II. 348; 1869. VII. 237. 
Simorhynchus psittaculus Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Urinat. 24. — Coues, 
Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1868. 36. 
pusilla Kern, Proc. acad. Philapelphia 1862. 324. = Phaleris pygmaea Steph. 
pygmaea Stephens, gener. Zool. XIII. 48. — Brandt, Bullet, acad. Petersbg. 
1837. II. 347. [Ocean, pacif. sept. 
Alca pygmaea Gmelin, Syst, Nat. I. 555. 
Uria pusilla Pallas, Zoogr. ross. as. II. 373. Tb. 90. 
Phaleris corniculata Eschscholtz, Zool. Atlas 4. Tf. 16. 
Phaleris microcerus, Ph. pusillus Brandt, Bullet, acad. Petersbg. 1837.11. 346. 
Ciceronia microcerus Reichenbach, natürl. Syst. 
Phaleris nodirostris Audubon, Ornith. Biogr. V. 101. Tb. 412. 
Tylorhamphus pygmaeus , Ciceronia nodirostris ^o^^kfarte^ Compt. rend. 1856. 
XLII. 774. 
Simorhynchus pygmaeus Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Urinat. 23. 
Simorhynchus microcerus, S. pusillus Coues, Proc. acad. Philadelphia 1868. 
46. 48. — Brandt, Bullet, acad. Petersbg. 1869. VII. 230. 
tetracula Stephens, gener. Zool. XIII. 46. = Phaleris cristatella Steph. 
PHAPITRERON ( Columbidae. — çavj; columba, TpYjpMv columba) Bonaparte, 
Compt. rend. 1854. XXXIX; Conspect. Avium II. 28. = Phaps Selby. 
Rostrum robustissimum ; orbitae nudae* pedes breves, semiplumosi; alae bre- 
vissimae; remigibus angustis, primariis externe emarginatis; prima sextam aequante, 
tertia omnium longissima et 4. 2. 5. paulo superantibus; cauda longula rotundata, 
rectricibus 12. Colores rufescentes metallici. 
amethystina Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium II. 28. = Phaps amethystina. 
leucotis Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium II. 28. = Phaps leucotis Gray. 
PHAPS (Columbidae. — cpa^^ columba). — Selby, Pigeons 194.' — Gray, 
Genera Birds 1845. II. 478. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Columb. 153. 
Synon.: Leucosarcia, Geophaps Gould. — Phlegoenas, Lophophaps Reichb;' — Phapi- 
treron Bonap. 
Bill of moderate length, rather slender , the upper mandible gently deflected 
at the tip and shewing an indication of a notch or emargination. Wings of mean 
length, the second aiid third feathers the longest and nearly equal. Tail slightly 
rounded. Legs the tarsi as long as the middle toe, the front covered with a double 
row of scales., the sides and hinder part reticulated with small hexagonal scales. 
The hind toe short, the inner toe exceeding the outer in length. Claws blunt and 
slightly arched. — 31 Specc. 
albicapilla [Philippinae. 
Columba albicapilla Gmehn, Syst. Nat. I. 775. — Sonnerat's, Voy. 112. 
Tb. 66. 
Columba griseocapillata Bonnaterre, Encycl. méth. 
Chalcophaps albicapilla Reichenbach, Tauben 48. 
Chalcophaps pileata Gray, Handl. Birds II. 245. 
albipennis [Australia sept. occ. 
Petrophassa albipennis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840. VIII. 173; Birds 
Australia V. Tb. 71. 
