240 



COLTJMBID^E. 



Family II COLUMBIA. 



a. Tail moderate, not longer than the wings. 



b. Tail longer than the wings. 

 a'. Tail broad, with the feathers not acu- 

 minate at the tip 2 



V. Tail rather narrow, with the feathers 

 acuminate 3, 



Key to the Subfamilies. 



1. COLUMBINE, p. 240. 



[p. 333. 

 MA CR OPYGIINJS, 



[p. 369. 

 JECTOPISTINAE, 



Subfamily I. COLUMBINE. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Tarsus feathered for two thirds of its 



length ; lores and eyelids broadly naked. 1. Gymnophaps, p. 240. 



b. Tarsus feathered just on the upper part for 



a small extent, never more than half its 

 . length. 

 a'. First primary much longer than the 



sixth 2. Columba, p. 241. 



b'. First primary about equal to sixth ; tail 



uniform rufous 3. Nescenas, p. 327. 



c. Size smaller, not larger than that of the 



Common Dove ; hind neck with very 

 bright metallic colours ; sexes often very 

 dissimilar 4. Tubtubcena, p. 328. 



1. GYMNOPHAPS. ^ 



Gymnophaps, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vi. p. 86 



(1874) Gr- albertisii. 



Range. New Guinea. 



1. Gymnophaps albertisii. 



Gymnophaps albertisii, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vi. p. 86 (1874) ; 

 Becc. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 715 (1875); Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Gen. ix. p. 203, n. 57 (1876) ; Pelz. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 

 1876, p. 720; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 159 (1877): 

 If Alb. & Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 120 (1879) ; D'Alb. 

 Nuova Guin. pp. 53, 213, 500, 503, 582, 588 (1880) ; Sharpe, Jouvn. 

 Linn. Soc., Zool. xvi. p. 446 (1882) ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. 

 pp. 178,560 (1882); Guillem. P.Z.S. 1885, p. 661 (Arfak and 

 Jobi) : Finsch 8c Meyer, Zeitsehr. f. ges. Orn. 1886, p. 28 (Horse- 

 shoe range) ; Meyer, Ibis, 1890, p. 423 (Constantine Harbour) : 

 Be Vis, Ann. Rep. Brit. New Guin. p. 62 (Csesar Spur) (1890) ; 

 id. Colon. Papers, n. 103, p. 116 (1890) ; id. Ibis, 1891, p. 41 ; 



