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Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia. 
Order COLUMBIFORMES: PIGEONS AND DOVES. 
Family TRERONID.E : FRUIT PIGEONS. 
G. PTI LI NOPUS SwainBon, Zool. Jour., 1, 473, 1825; mon., P. regina. 
Lamprotreron Bonaparte, Comp. Rend., 39, 876, 1854; o.d., C. superba . 
Reginopus M., A.A.R., 2, 73, 1913 ; mon., P. cwingi. 
21 PT1L1N0PUS REGINA. — RED-CROWNED PIGEON (19). 
G. 5, 55 ; H. 451 ; M. 22 ; N.G., Tor. Str., E.A. (coastal)—Bellinger R. 
P. purpuratm var. regina Swainson, Zool. Jour., 1, 474, 1825 ; N.S.W. 
a P. swainsoni Gould, B. of A., 5, 55, 1842 ; N.S.W., Clarence R. 
b P. r. yorki M., A.A.R., 5, 1, 1922 ; N.Q., C. York. 
22 PT1L1N0PUS EWINGI.— ROSE-CROWNED PIGEON (19a). 
G. 5, 50 ; II. 452 ; M. 23 ; Flor., Tim., N.W.A. (Kimberley)—N.T., coastal. 
P . etvingi Gould, B. of A., 5, 56, 1842 ; N.T., Port Essington. 
a P. regina melviUemis M., A.A.R., 1, 27, 1912 ; N.T., Melville 1. 
23 PT1UN0PUS SUPERBUS.—PURPLE-CROWNED PIGEON (20). 
G. 5, 57 ; H. 453 ; M. 24 ; Mol., N.G., E.A. (coaBt), T.* 
Columba superba Temminck, Lee Pigeons, 75, 1811 ; = Moluccas, 
a Lamprotreron porphyrosliclus G., Ann. Mag., 13, 137, 1874; N.Q., C. York, 
b Ptilopus minutus Campbell, Emu, 5, 155, 1906 ; N.Q., Cairns. 
G. LEUCOTRERON Bonaparte, Comp. Rend., 39, 876, 1854; o.d., C. cincta. 
24 LEUCOTRERON ALLIGATOR.—BLACK-BANDED PIGEON (18). 
M. 1, 21 ; N.T., Arnhem Land. 
Ptilopus (Leucotreron) alligator Collett, P.Z.S. 1898, 354 ; N.T. 
G. MEGALOP RE PI A Reickenbach, Nat. Sys. Vog. 26, 1852 ; o.d., G. magnifica. 
25 MEGALOPREPIA MAGNIFICA.— W0MP00 (PURPLE-BREASTED) 
PIGEON (21) 
G. 5, 58 ; H. 454/5 ; M. 25/6 ; Mol., N.G.-E.N.S.W. (coastal). 
Columba magnifica Temminck, T.L.S., 13, 125, 1821 ; N.S.W., Wollongong. 
a Carpophuga assimilis G. in Jardine’s, Contr. Orn., 106, 1850 ; N.Q., C. York, 
b M. m. keri M., Nov. Zool., 18, 184, 1912 ; N.Q. (Bellonden Ker Range). 
G. MYR18T1CIV0RA Reiehenbach, Nat. Sys. Vog., 26, 1852 ; o.d.= C. bicolor 
[Scopoli. 
26 MYRISTICIVORA SPILORRHOA.—TORRES STRAIT PIGEON (22). 
G. 5, 60 ; H. 457 ; M. 27 ; breed co. N.A. (Kimberley-Pt. Denison)-N.G., Aru. 
CarpopJwga spilorrhoa Gray, P.Z.S. 1858, 186 ; Aru Is. 
a M. bicolor melvillensis M., A.A.R., 1, 27, 1912 ; N.T., Melville I. 
G. GLOBICERA Bonaparte, Comp. Rend., 39, 1072, 1854; taut., = Columba 
[ pacifica . 
* GLOBICERA PACIFICA.—GREY-HEADED PIGEON. 
M. 366 ; Tonga, Carol., Samoa, Fiji, N. Heb., N.Q.., Mackay (once). 
Columba jiacifica Gmelin, Sys. Nat.., 1, 111, 1789 ; Friendly Is. 
a G. p. quecnslandica M., A.A.R., 2, 85, 1914 ; N.Q., Mackay. 
GLOBICERA RUBRICERA.t—RED-KNOBBED PIGEON. 
Emu 18, 35; Sol. Ib., N. Ireland, “ N.A.” (1 spec. Philadelphia). 
G. rubricera Bonaparte, Comp. Rend., 39, 1073, 1854 ; N. Ireland. 
a Carpophaga lepida Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1854, 230; “N.A.”] 
t See Kinghorn, Emu, Vol. XXIV., p. 289. 
t The heavy bracket. [ indicates that the bird is a casual visitor and that the Australian 
ret-ord is doubtful. 
