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C. palumbus azorica Hartert. Above darker than "mader- 

 ensis," deep slate on head, rump, and upper tail coverts, vinous 

 of breast deeper. Wing 233-250 (H.). 



/u's/i/c///.— K. and C. Azores. 



Columba trocaz Heineken. 



(^ $ Above slaty grey, feathers of neck at sides and behind 

 with silvery tips ; hind neck and upper back glossed green and 

 purple, tail black with a blue grey bar ; breast vinous chestnut, 

 abdomen grey. Irides pale straw. Bill, eye-rim, legs and feet 

 coral pink. Wing 242-250. Tarsus 35-38. Bill 18-22 (H.). 



Resident. — Madeira. 



Columba junoniae Hartert. ("C. laurivora" auct.). 

 c^ $ Above variable grey brown ; crown, throat, and nape 

 metallic green, hind neck purple, rump -and upper tail coverts 

 slate ; beneath, breast and abdomen vinous chestnut, tail grey, 

 paler at tip, and without bar. Wing 205-220. Tarsus 35. Bill 

 18-20 (H.). 



Resident. — Palma, Gomera (Canary Islands). 



Columba bollii Godman. 



^ $ Greyer above than "junoniic" ; crown slaty, tail black 

 with broad subterminal slaty grey band ; beneath, throat and fore- 

 neck slate with green gloss, breast vinous chestnut, abdomen 

 grey. Iris straw-yellow. Bill, eyelid, legs and feet red. W^ing 

 210-223. Tarsus 29-30. Bill 20-21 (H.). 



Resident. — Tencrife, Palma, and Gomera (Canary Islands). 



Streptopelia. 



Tail long, 1 2 feathers ; tarsus completely bare. 



Streptopelia turtur turtur (L.). Turtle-Dove. Fr. 

 Tourterelle ; Gr. Turtcltaubc ; It<il. Tortora ; Swed. Turtur-dufva. 

 (^ $ Crown grey, neck patches black with silvery white tips, 

 back brown, scapulars and inner wing coverts black with broad 

 chestnut margins, rump slaty, generally with faint rufous tips, 

 tail black, apical portion white ; beneath vinous, abdomen and 

 under tail coverts white. Iris orange red. Bill blackish, brown 

 at the base. Legs, feet, and eyelids red. Wing ^ 1C7-182, 

 $ 17 1- 178. Tarsus 20-22. Bill 15-17. 



