258 colttmbid^:. 



The absolute uniformity of the three specimens mentioned below 

 leads me to believe that they belong to a definite form, but Mr. 

 Saunders says " perhaps a domestic pigeon which has become feral." 



a, b. Ad. sk. et st. W. Africa. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



(Types of species.) 

 c. Ad. sk. ? Gould Coll. 



6. Columba schimperi. 



Colurnba cenas, Savigny (nee Linn.), Descr. de VFgypte, p. 290, pi. 13 

 f. 7 (1825). 



? Columba livia, part., Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 100, n. 361 (Egypt) 

 (1845) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1859, p. 351 (S. Palestine) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. i. 2, p. 828 (1871) ; Shell. Ibis, 1883, p. 274. 



Columba schimperi, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 48 (Abyssinia !) (1854) ; 

 id. Compt. Rend, xxxix. p. 1107 (Abyssinia !) (1854), xl. p. 218, 

 n. 136 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil OrdrePig. pp. 23, 56, n. 136(1855); 

 G. R. Gr.ListB. Brit. Mus. Columbge,p. 29 (1856) ; Sundev. Svenska 

 Foglarna, p. 169 (1856) ; Taylor, Ibis, 1859, p. 49 (Egypt) ; Rchnb. 

 Tauben, i. p. 57, ii. p. 170, t. ii. ff. 15, 16 (1862) ; ? Maillard, Not, 

 lie Reunion, p. 163 (1862) ; ? Pollen, N. T. D. i. p. 318 (1863) 

 (Madagascar) ; Adams, Ibis, 1864, p. 26 ; Tristr. P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 448 (Palestine & Egypt) ; Taylor, Ibis, 1867, p. (SQ (Egypt) ; 

 Tristr. Ibis, 1868, pp. 209, 210 (Palestine) ; Schley. § Poll. Faune 

 Madag. p. 155 (1868) ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1870, pp. 2, 6, 16 (Palestine) ; 

 G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 232, n. 9233 (1870) ; Shell. Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 142 ; ? Gum. Ibis, 1871, p. 295 ; Shell. B. of Eqypt, p. 212 

 (1872) ; Saund. Yarr. Brit. B. iii. p. 16 (1882) ; Shell. Ibis, 1883, 

 p. 273 (var. of C. livia) ; Tristr. Fauna $ Flora of Palest, p. 120 

 (1884) ; id. Cat. Coll. B. p. 38 (Palestine) (1889) ; Hein. SfRchnw. 

 Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 275 (1890). 



? Columba rupestris, Mull, (nee Pall.) Beilr. Orn. t. 17. 



Columba turricola, Tristr. (nee Bp.) Lbis, 1862, p. 279 (Jericho) ; 

 ?Loche, Expl. Sc. Alger, ii. p. Ill (1867). 



Columba livia, var. schimperi, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. 2, p. clxix 

 (1875). 



Columba livia schimperi, HarteH, Kat. Voyelsamml. p. 186, n. 2800 

 (Egypt) (1891) *. 



Similar to C. livia, but lighter, and with the rump light grey, 

 like the back, instead of white. 

 Hob. Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine. 



a. Ad. sk. E. Africa. Verreaux Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Wadie Halbel, Nubia. Dr. Adams [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. [var.]. Egypt (Poivis). Shelley Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Wady Hamam, Gennesareth. H. B. Tristram [CJ. 



e. 3 ad. sk. Mesopotamia. India Museum [P.]. 



* Mr. Hartert rightly notices that C. schimperi is not from Abyssinia, but 

 from Egypt. 



