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smaller and median wing-coverts, except the innermost olive ones, 

 rich vinous ; remainder of the wings hlackish hrown ; outer median 

 wing-coverts, the greater ones, and secondaries edged with yellow 

 on their outer webs ; primaries with narrow yellowish edges on 

 the outer webs; under surface of the wings and axillaries leaden 

 grey ; the under wing-coverts slightly tinged with green ; tail above 

 with the basal two thirds of all but the two centre feathers slate- 

 black, and with a broad leaden-grey apical band, the centre feathers 

 entirely leaden grey ; tail underneath black, with a broad apical grey 

 band: "iris blue, with an outer rim of salmon-pink" (Jesse), 

 " white yellow " (Antinori), " vinous red " (Ragazzl) ; " bill 

 bluish grey, red at the base " (Jesse), " vinous red at the base " 

 (Ragazzi) ; " legs and feet pinkish yellow " (Jesse). Total length 

 about 12 inches, wing 6' 10, tail 4 - 5, bill 0*62, tarsus 0*85. 



Female. Like the male, but somewhat smaller. 



Hub. X.E. Africa, Somali-land, Socotra, and through the 

 Equatorial Region to Senegambia *. 



a. Ad. sk. Africa. Sir E. Sabine [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Hume Coll. 



c . d- 6 2 ad- sk. Efat, Abyssinia, April India Museum [P.]. 



(Harris), 



e. Ad. sk. Abyssinia (Harris). India Museum [P.]. 



/. d ad. sk. Near llaravguddy, Senafe W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



Pass, Feb. [P.]. 



g. Ad.sk. Near Senafe, May ( W. Jesse). Tweeddale Coll. 



h. 2 ad. sk. Rarayguddy, May ( W. Tweeddale Coll. 



Jesse), 



i. Ad. sk. Bogos (Esler). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



k, 1, in. Ad. sk. Anseba R. (Esler). Shelley Coll. 



n. Ad. sk. Lado (Emin Pasha). Shelley Coll. 



o. Ad. sk. Jur Gattas, Nov. F. Bohndorff, Esq. 



[C.]. 



p-u. (J 2 a( h - s k. Socotra, March (Balfour). Shelley Coll. 



('. W, .c. (S 2 R d- Socotra, March (Balfour). British Association 



sk. [P.]. 



2. Vinago crassirostris. 



? Columba svlvestris species ex insula Sancti Thomae, Marcgr. Hisf. 



Bras. p. 213. 

 ? Columba viridis insula; Sancti Thomae, Briss. Orn. i. p. 147 (17G0). 

 ? Pigeon vert de l'ile de Saint-Thomas, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. ii. 



p. 528 (mi). 



?S. Thomas's Pigeon, Lath. Sun. ii. 2, p. 631, n. 22 (1781). 



? Columba s. thoma?, Gin. 8. X. i. p. 778, n. 46 (1788); Lath. Lnd. 



Orn. ii. p. 600, n. 24 (1790) ; Bonn. Ene. Meth. i. p. 239 (1790) ; 



Vieill. N. D. xxvi. p. 392 (pt.) (1818) ; Wagl. Syst. Av. Columba, 



sp. relejr. i. (1827) ; Strickl. Ann. $■ Mag. X. H. xix. p. 44 (note) 



(1847) t ; A. § E. Newt. Ibis, 1859, p. 374. 



* I have not seen specimens from Senegambia. 



t I have very little doubt that Strickland was right when he remarked (/. r.) 

 that C. sL thonue, Gin., is most probably the same a8 T. crassirostris, Fraser. 

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