LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
29. GEOPELIA PLACID A. GROUND-DOVE. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 73 (pt. xix.), June 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 2, pi. 32, Jau. 31st, 1911. 
Geopelia placida Gould, Proc. Zool. Soe. (Lond.), 1844, p. 55, Sept. : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Geopelia tranquilla Gould, ib. : p. 56 : Liverpool Plains, New South Wales. 
Geopelia placida clclandi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 186, Jan. 31st, 1912: Coongan River, mid-Weet 
Australia. 
Geopelia placida melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Ree., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 28, April 2nd, 1912: Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Geopelia placida hedleyi Mathews, ib., pt. 4, p. 84, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Cape York, Queensland. 
Distribution : Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
XXVIII. Genus STICTOPELEIA. 
Stictopeleia Reichenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xxv., 1852 (? 1853). Type (by original designation): Columba 
cuneata Latham. 
30. STICTOPELEIA CUNEATA. SPOTTED-SHOULDERED DOVE. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 74 (pt. xvii.), March 1st, 1845. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 2. pi. 33, Jan.31st, 1911. 
Columba cuneata Latham, Index Omith. Suppl., p. lxi., 1801, after May : Sydney, New South Wales. 
Columba tnacquarie Q.uoy et Gaimard, Voy. de l’Uranie et Physic., Zool., p. 122, pi. 31, Aug. 28th, 1824: New 
South Wales. 
Columba spiloptera Vigors, Zool. Joum., Vol. V., p. 275, June, 1830 : New South Wales. 
Geopelia cuneata mungi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVTIL, p. 187, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Mungi, North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
XXIX. Genus CHALCOPHAPS . 
Chalcophaps Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xiii., Dec. 1st, 1843 (Vol. V., pi. 62). Type (by monotvpy): Columba 
chry8ochlora Wagler. 
Monornis Hodgson in Gray’s Zool. Miscell., p. 85, June 29th. 1844. Type : Monornis perpulchra ? Nomen nudum. 
31. CHALCOPHAPS CHRYSOCHLORA. LITTLE GREEN PIGEON. 
Gould, Vol. V., pi. 62 (pt. xiii.), Dec. 1st, 1843. iVIathews, Vol. I., pt. 3, pi. 34, April 29th, 1911. 
Columba chrysochlora Wagler, Syst. Av., Columba, sp. 79. p. (256), (before Oct.) 1827 : " Ceylon, Java, etc.," 
error = New South Wales (Gosford), 
Chalcophaps longirostris Gould, Birds Austr., Introd., 8vo ed., p. 79, (pref. June 12th' 1848: Port Essington, 
Northern Territory. 
Chalcophaps occidentalis North, Viet. Naturalist, Vol. XXIV., No. 8, p. 135, Dec. 1907: Port Keats, Northern 
Territory. 
Chalcophaps chrysochlora rogersi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 187, Jan. 31st, 1912: Cairns, Queensland. 
Chalcophaps chrysochlora kcmjyi Mathews, ib. : Cape York, North Queensland. 
Chalcophajys chrysochlora melvillensis Zietz, South Austr. Ornith., Vol. I., pt. I., p. 12, Jan. 1914: Melville Island, 
Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria. 
XXX. Genus PH A PS. 
Phaps Selby, Naturalists’ Library, Pigeons, p. 194, May 1835. 
chalcoptera Latham. 
Type (by original designation): Columba 
32. PHAPS CHALCOPTERA. BRONZE-WINGED PIGEON. 
Gould, Vol, V., pi. 64 (pt. xiii.), Dec. 1st, 1843. Mathews, Vol. I., pt. 3, pi. 35, April29th, 1911 
Columba chalcoptera Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. II., p. 604, (before Dec. 9th) 1790 : Sydney, New South Wales. 
Phaps consobrina Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 188, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry's Creek, North-west 
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