Treron curvirostra curvirostra (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) In 1825, Stanley listed an unsexed specimen as Columba curvirostra . The species was listed as ‘ Columba curvirostra, Gmel. [sic]’ȱ byȱ Rafflesȱ (1822)ȱ andȱ underȱ Vinago ȱ byȱ Vigorsȱ(Rafflesȱ 1830). Curiously, the extant skin of the relaxed mount accessioned in NML as D3636 had been incorrectly labelled with a red tag as ‘ Type of Columba curvirostra ȱRaffles’.ȱHowever,ȱ the name ‘ curvirostra ’ȱwasȱusedȱbyȱRafflesȱ(1822)ȱforȱaȱsupposedlyȱnewȱspeciesȱofȱpartridgeȱ (see below).

Wilson, John-James, 2021, Birds from Sumatra given by Sir Stamford Raffles to Lord Stanley: links to names, types and drawings, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141 (1), pp. 39-49 : 46