2. COLUMBA. 



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Coelotreron cenas, Hein. § Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Ilein. Orn. p. 275 

 (1800). 



Adult male. General plumage leaden grey, head a little darker, 

 rump, upper tail-coverts, lower breast, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts somewhat lighter ; back and sides of the neck metallic green, 

 changing into purple ; lower throat and crop purple vinous, shading 

 into grey on the chest ; some of the innermost median and greater 

 wing-coverts, and also some of the tertials, with black spots about 

 the middle of their outer webs ; these spots do not form a regular band 

 on the wing ; secondaries grey, with a broad terminal black band ; 

 primaries and their coverts blackish, the inner primaries grey at 

 the base ; under wing-coverts leaden grey ; tail above dark leaden 

 grey, with a broad apical black band ; the outer feathers whitish at 

 the base of the outer web ; tail below black, greyish towards the 

 base, and with a narrow leaden-grey band before the broad black 

 apical one : bill red at the base, yellow towards the tip, and grey on 

 the soft part at the base of the upper mandible ; iris red ; feet 

 pinkish red. Total length about 13*5 inches, wing S'-i, tail 4-8, 

 bill 0-85, tarsus 1*1. 



Female. Similar to the male, but a little smaller, and duller in 

 coloration. 



Young. Duller in colour than the adult ; the green colour on the 

 neck is wanting, and the black markings on the wings are scarcely 

 noticeable. 



llab. Western Palaearctie region, as far east as E. Turkestan. 



a. Ad. st. Dorsetshire, May. Sharpe Coll. 



6. c? ad. st. Cambridgeshire. Mr. J. Baker [P.]. 



c. Ad. st. Gt. Britain. Purchased. 



d. Ad. sk. Gt. Britain. Gould Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Norfolk (J. Aspdiri). Seebohm Coll. 



/, g. Pull. st. Norfolk. Mi-. J. Baker [P.]. 



h. $ ad. sk. Norwich, Dec. Seebohm Coll. 



i. J ad. sk. Near Sheffield, Sept. Seebohm Coll. 



k, I. 3 2 ad. sk. Cookham, Feb. ( W. Briggs). Tweeddale Coll. 



to, w. $ ad. et Avingtou,May (G. E. Shelley). Sharpe Coll. 



ad. sk. 



o,p. 3 ad. et Avington, May, Nov. (G. Shelley Coll. 



ad. sk. E. S.). 



q. $ ad. sk. Croydon, Feb. Colonel Irby [P.]. 



/•. Ad. sk. Austria. Seebohm Coll. 



«, t. 2 ad. et 2 ZebU Taurus, Asia Minor, Jan. Seebohm Coll. 



imm. sk. (C. G. Danford). 



u. Ad. sk. Erzeroom. Purchased. 



. A.d. sk. Bagdad. W. K. Loftus, Esq. 



[P.]. 



to. 2 ad. sk. Kara-bagh (AitcJuxon). Afghan Deliin. Com. 



DP.], 



a - , c? ad. sk. ^ aikand, June (J. Scully). Hume Coll. 



y. 2 ad. sk. Yarkand, Nov. (J. Bid- Tweeddale Coll. 



dulph). 



s. cJ ad. sk. E. Turkestan, April (Prje- Seebohm Coll. 



valshy). 



