The Key to Scientific Names
- Mezotreron
(Columbidae; syn. Ptilinopus † Red-naped Fruit Dove P. dohertyi) Gr. μεζων mezōn more illustrious, greater < comp. μεγας megas grand, illustrious; τρηρων trērōn, τρηρωνος trērōnos pigeon < τρεω treō to flee in fear; "This most beautiful pigeon has been well described by Mr. Rothschild ... The inner primaries of this species are on the tip as broad as in the middle, the outer web is cut off quite straightly, while the inner web is deeply sinuated. The first primary is not abruptly attenuated on the apical portion. It seems, therefore, not to fit in any of the sections of the genus Ptilinopus, made by Salvadori on p. 70 of his catalogue." (Hartert 1896); "IX. MEZOTRERON, n. gen. (Cf. Hartert, Nov. Zool. iii. p. 589, 1896.) 1. dohertyi, Rothsch., Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl, v, p. xlvi (1896). Sumba Isl." (Sharpe 1899); "Mezotreron Sharpe, Hand-list, 1, 1899, p. 56. Type, by monotypy, Ptilopus dohertyi Rothschild." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 25).