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greenish at the base, yellowish at the tip ; feet pale brown (probably 

 rtd). Total length about 15 - 5 inches, wing 9*5, tail 0, bill (HJ.j, 

 tarsus 1-1. 



Hah. liorneo and Sumatra. 



<i. Ad. sk. Indian Archipelago. Purchased. 



(Type of species.) 



2. Columba leuconota. 



Columba leuconota, Vig. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 23: Gould, Cent. Himal. 

 B. pi. 59 (1832) ; Vigne, P. Z. S. 1*41, p. 6 (Thibet) ; Knip 8? Prev. 

 Pig. ii. pi. 50 (1838-43); G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 470, n. 19 

 (1844) ; id. Cut. Hodgs. Coll. B. M. p. 122 (1846) ; Blyth, J. A. 

 S. B. xiv. p. 8(54 (1845) ; id. Ann. $} Mag. N. H. xix. p. 105 

 (1847); id. Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 234, n. 1418 (1849; ; Bp. 

 Consp. Av. ii. p. 46 (1854); id. Compt. Rend, xxxix. p. 1106 

 (1854), xl. p. 218, n. 131 (1855) ; id. Coup d'a-il OrdrePiy. pp. 22, 

 50, n. 131 ( L855) ; Hodys. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 126; G. R. Gr. List 

 B. Brit. Mm. Columba;, p. 29 (1856) ; Sundev. Srenska Foglarna, 

 p. 169 (I860); Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 497 (Cashmere), 1859, 

 p. 187 ; Rehnb. Tauben, i. p. 54, t. 225. f. 1266 (1862), ii. p. 168 

 ( 1862) ; G. R. Gr. Cat. Hodgs. Coll. B. M. 2nd ed. p. 67 (1863) ; 

 Jerd. B. of hid. hi. p. 471 (1864); Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 149; 

 G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 232, n. 9236 (1870) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. 

 i. p. 745 (1872); Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columba?, p. 69 (1873); 

 El ins, P. /.. S. 1873, p. 659 ; Soma, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columba?, 

 p. 13 (1873) ; Hume, Lahore to Yark. p. 274(1873) ; Brooks, Str. 

 /'- ath. iii. p. 256 (1875) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 274 ; Prjev. in 

 Ttowl. Orn. Misc. ii. p. 380 (1877) ; Hume, Sir. Feath. viii. p. 110 

 ( Is79) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 92; Scully, t. c. p. 584; Salv. Cat. B. 

 Strickl. Coll. p. 544 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 446 

 (1883); Marsh. Ibis, LS84, p. 421 (Chamba) ; Cord. Ibis, 1888, 

 p. 219 (Cashmere) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 37 (Assam) (1889) ; 

 11,'ni. A- Rchnw. Nomencl. Ma*. Hem. Orn. p. 275 (1890); Hart. 

 Kat. Voqelsamml. p. 186 (1891); Sharpe, Sc. Res. Sec. Yark. 

 Miss., Ares, p. 116 (1891). 



Columba leucomela (errore), Rchnb. Syn. Av. f. 1266 (1842). 



Columba leuconuena, ' Rchnb.' (errore), Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 46 

 (1854). 



Ail nit male. Head dark slate-grey ; neck and underparts white, 

 changing into light grey on the flanks, lower abdomen, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts ; interscapular region, scapulars, and smaller 

 upper wing-coverts brown-grey ; lower back white ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts dark brown ; lower upper wing-coverts, the 

 median and the greater ones grey ; across the wings three brown 

 hands, one on the median, a second on the greater wing-coverts, and 

 a third on the inner secondaries or tertials ; quills grey, with the 

 tips and outer webs brownish ; under surface of the wings light 

 grey; axillarics white; tail blackish brown, with a broad whitish 

 band, which on the central feathers is about the middle part, and on 

 the lateral feathers approaches to the tip, the outer feather has also 

 the base of the outer web white : " bill horny black ; feet bright 

 light red : irides yellow " (Scully). Total length about 13-5 inches, 

 wing 9-8, tail 5*2, bill 0-8, tarsus lvl. 



