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Germs COLUMBA Linn6. 
Columba Linn6, Syst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 162, Jan. 1st, 1758. Type 
(by subsequent designation of Selby, Illustr. Brit. Orn. vol. i. 
p. xxx, 1825) : Columba palumbus L. 
Sub-Genus LEUCOMEL(ENA Bp. 
Leucomelcena Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. xxxix. 
p. 1104, Dee. 11th, 1854. Type (by monotypy) : Columba nor - 
folciensis Latham. 
Leucomeloena norfolciensis (Latham). 
Distr. —Queensland, New South Wales. 
Leucomelcena norfolciensis norfolciensis (Latham). (21-320.) 
Columba norfolciensis Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl. p. lx, 1801, 
after May: Norfolk Island (errore) =New South Wales. (Fig. 
Gould, Austr. v. pi. 59; Math. pi. 29.) 
Columba leucomela Temminek, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond, vol. xiii. p. 126, 
1821, May : South Queensland. 
Distr. —South Queensland and New South Wales. 
Leucomelcena norfolciensis queenslandica Mathews, 
Leucomelcena norfolciensis queenslandica Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. 
vol. iii. p. 54, April 7th, 1916: North Queensland. 
Distr. —North Queensland. 
Sub-Genus JANTHCENAS Reich. 
Janthcenas Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vog. p. xxv, 1852 (1853). Type 
(by original designation) : Columba janthina Temm. 
Janthcenas halmaheira (Bp,). 
Distr. — Duke of York Island, New Guinea and Moluccas, 
Tagulandang, Rung, Banggai, and Sula Islands. 
Janthcenas halmaheira halmaheira (Bp.). (21-313.) 
Carpophaga halmaheira Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. vol. ii. p. 44, 
1855: Gilolo. (Fig. Gould, N. G. v. pi. 67.) 
Ja ntlmnas albigularis id., ib.; not. of Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. xxxix. 
p. 1077, 1854. 
Janthcenas leucolxma Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. xliii. p. 837, 
1856 : Coram. 
Carpophaga leucosoma Gray, Hand-1. Gen. Sp, Birds B.M. pt. ii. p. 231, 1870: 
error for leucolsema. 
Distr. —Moluccas. 
Janthcenas halmaheira pallidiceps Rams. (21-319.) 
Janlhoenas pallidiceps Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vol. ii. 
p. 248, 1877 : Duke of York Island. 
Distr. —Duke of York Island. 
