Bibliography for Treroninae

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• Frith, H.J. 1972. Nesting of the Black-banded Pigeon and the Australian rock pigeons. The Emu 72: 13-16
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• Hodgson, B.H. 1836. Notices of the ornithology of Nepal. Asiatic Researches. Calcutta 19: 143-192
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• Latham, J. 1801. Supplementum Indicis Ornithologici, sive Systematis Ornithologiae. London : G. Leigh, J. & S. Sotheby 74 pp.
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