11. ALECTKCENAS. 1C3 



Furningua spanzaui (errore), G. Ii. Or. Sand-list, ii. p. 228, d. 9166 



(1870). 

 Alecteroenas Bganzini, A. Newt. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 4. 

 1'tilopus (Fumngtis) sganzini, Milne-Edw. 8f Oust. Nouv. Arch* du 



Mas. (2) x. p. 277 (1884). 

 Ptilonopus aganzini, 1'eh. Sf Lur. Ann. Naturh. EqfmuS. iii. p. 47 



(1888). 



Adult male. Deep bine-black; head, neck, upper back, and upper 

 breast grey, the leathers of the neck long, acuminate, and with 

 narrow black shaft-lines ; quills blue-black with mealy appearance; 

 nnr'er tail-coverts with green reflections : " a large bare scarlet 

 patch round the eyes; iris red; bill dusky olive, slightly paler 

 towards the tip; feet olive-grey" (Shelley). Total length 105 

 inches, wing 6*7, tail 4T, bill 0*7. tarsus 0'9. 



Adult female. Like the male, only a little duller and with the 

 under tail-coverts more greenish (Sehlegel). 



Young. The blue colour of the adult is replaced by dark olive- 

 green, mixed with grey on the upper part of head and hind neck ; 

 the rest of the head and neck and the upper breast light grey tinged 

 with greenish yellow (Schlegel). 



Hah. Comoro Islands — Mayotte, Anjuan, and Great Comoro. 



a. tf ad. sk. Isl. of Mayotte (Pollen fy Tweeddale Coll. 



Van Dam). 



I. Ad. sk. Anjuan. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. $ ad. sk. Anjuan. Purchased. 



./. Ad. sk. Anjuan. Purchased. 



8. Ail. sk. Anjuan. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



/". Ad. sk. Anjuan (Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



»/,//. Ad.sk. Great Comoro (Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



I. Ad. sk. Great Comoro. Salviu-Ciodinan Coll. 



3. Alectrcenas nitidissima. 



Pigeon hollandais, Sunn. Voy. Ind. Orient, p. 175, pi. 101 (1782) 



(Mauritius). 

 Hackled Pigeon, Lath. Si/n. ii. 2, p. G41, n. 36 (1783). 

 Columba nitidissima, Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Znsubr. ii. p. 93, n. 89 



(178(1) (ex Sonnerat) : lip. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 834(1856). 

 Columba tranche, O'ni. S. A", i. 2, p. 77'.', n. 51 (1788) (ex Sonnerat) ; 



Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 604, n. 42 (1790) j Temm. \ Knij>, Pi,/, i. 



p. 50, pi. !'.» (1808-11); Temm. Hist. Nat. Pi*,, et Gallin. i. 



pp. 228, 468 (1813); VieiU. N. D. x.wi. p. 354 (1818) ; Steph. 



Gen. 7s.nL \i. 1. p. 2 (1819); Desm. Diet. Hist. Nat. xl. p. 828 



(1826); Less. 7V. aV Orn. p. 470 (1831); id. Compl. de £uf., Ois. 



viii. p. 9 (1887), 2nd ed. p. ^jr, (1838) ; Sundev. K. So. Vet.-Ak. 



Handl. L867, p. 5::. „. 267 ; Layard, 11. S. Afr. p. 2d:; ( i- 

 Coluniba batavica, limm. Dm-. M&th. i. p. 238 (1790). 

 EUmier herissl, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 74. pi. 267 (1808). 

 Columba jubata, Wagl. SysL Av. Columba, sp. 22 (1827). 

 Alectrcenas nitidissima, G, R. Gr, List den. Ii. p. 58(1840); Bp. 



Compt. Mend. \\\i\. p. 880 (1854), xl. p. 217, n. 67(1855); id. 



Coup d'nil Ordr. Pig. pp. 12. 55, n. or (1-55); Hartl. J. f. O. 



IfeeO, p. 112: id. Beitr. Faun. Madag. p. 05 (1861); E. Scut. 



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