PSITTACI — GALLING. 
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CoLUMBiE. 
Shelley, G. E. On the Columbidce of the Ethiopian Region. Ibis, 
1883, pp. 258-330. 
Two subfamilies are recognized — (1) Treronince , with 2 genera, Alec- 
trcenas (4 species) and Treron (9 species) ; and (2) Columbines , with 10 
genera, viz., Columba (6 species), Trocaza (1 species), Palumbus (6 species), 
Turturcena (3 species), Haplopelia (3 species), Turtur (15 species), Chal- 
chopelia (3 species), Tympanistria (1 species), Qtna (1 species), and Geo- 
pelia (1 species). 
Haswell, W. A. Some Points in the Myology of the Common Pigeon. 
J. Anat. Phys. xvii. pp. 218-221 & 404. 
Goura dalbertisi, Otidophaps cervicalis , Macropygia doreya, Ptilopus 
bellus , P. superbus, P. pulchellus, Carpophaga poliura. Eggs described ; 
E. P. Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. viii. pp. 26-28. 
Columba livia var. “Monteauban-Taube figured ; pi. xxxi. Skulls 
of domestic races of pigeons figured; pi. xxxii. figs. 1-16. A. B. Meyer, 
Abbild. VOgolsk. pts. iv. & v. 
Carpophaga finschi. Note on ; E. P. Ramsay, J. L. S. xvii. pp. 25 & 26. 
Turtur communis figured ; II. H. Giglioli, Iconogr. Avif. Ital. fasc. xxi. 
(Edirrhinus insolitus and Ptilopus speciosus. Skeletons figured ; A. B. 
Meyer, Abbild. Vogelsk. pi. xxxiii. 
Ptilopus wallacii figured ; J. Gould, B. New Guinea, pt. xv. 
Treron nasica figured ; H. Schlegel, in Veth’s Midden Sumatra, Aves , 
pi. iv. 
Leptoptila pallida, sp. n., W. Ecuador, H. von Berlepsch & L. Tacza- 
nowski, P. Z. S. 1883, pp. 575 & 576. 
Melopelia plumbescens. Probably the young of Columba rufina ; O. 
Salviu & F. D. Godman, Ibis, 1883, p. 212. 
Otidophaps insularis , sp. n., Fergusson Island, E. New Guinea, iid. 
P. Z. S. 1883, pp. 33 & 34. 
PTEROCLETES. 
Pterocles pyrenaicus, sp. n., S.W. Europe, H. Seebohm, Ibis, 1883, p. 26. 
GALLING. 
Phasianid^e. 
Rheinardius ocellatus fully described ; E. Oustalet, Ann. Sci. Nat. (6) 
xiii. Art. 12 [1882]. 
Pavo nigripennis. Note on ; J. H. Gurney, Zool. 1883, p. 33. 
Polyplectron helence, sp. n., Upper Burma, E. W. Oates, Ibis, 1883, 
pp. 136 & 137, pi. v. 
Gallus domesticus var. “ Houdan Huhn,” skeleton figured; “ Paduanu. 
Huhn,” skull figured: A. B. Meyer, Abbild. Vogelsk. pi. 1. 
