2. COLUMBA. 267 



Orn. i. p. 243 (1872) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbre, p. 13 

 (1873); Antin. # Salvad. Viagg. Bogos, p. 130 (Keren) (1873); 

 Gulliv. P.Z.S. 187o, p. 489; Salv. Cat. B. StricU. CoKja. 543 

 (am emend.) (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8tli ed. p. 447 (1883) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) i. p. 206 (Shoa) (1884) ; Goodch. 

 P. Z. S. 1886, p. 193, fig. p. 192 (cubital coverts) ; Brisag, Bull. 

 Sue. Acclim. 1889, p. 55 ; Hartert, Kat. Vogehamml, p. 186 (1891) ; 

 Bchnw. J.f. O. 1891, p. 142 

 Pigeon de Guinee, Buff. Hist. Nat., Ois. ii. p. 538 (1771). 

 Columba trigonigera, part., Wagl. Syst.Av. Columba, sp. 51 (1827); 

 Siv. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 212 (part.) (1837); Alien fy Thorns. Exp. 

 Niger, ii. p. 41 (Rollas Is.) (1848). 

 Stictcenas guinea, Rchnb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xxv (1852) ; Bp. Consp. 

 Av. ii. p. 50 (1854) ; id. Compt. Bend, xxxix. p. 1105 (1854), xl. 

 p. 218, n. 139 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ail Ordre Pig. pp. 21, 56, n. 139 

 (1855) ; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 59 (1862), ii. p. 171, Novit. Sup/)/. 

 t. ii. f. 22 (ex Edwards) (1862) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 234, 

 n. 9261 (1870) ; Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columbae, p. 72 (Cape of Good 

 Hope (!) and Abyssinia) (1873) ; Hein. $■ Rchmv. Nomencl. Mus. 

 Hein. Orn. p. 276 (1890). 

 Stictcenas dilloni, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxix. p. 1105 (Abyssinia) 

 (1854), xl. p. 218 (?) (1855); id. Coup d 'ceil Ordre Pig. pp. 22, 

 56 (?) (1855). 

 Alsoconius guinea, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 260 (1855). 

 Paluuibus guineus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 49, n. 508 (1856) ; Hartl. 



J.f. O. 1863, p. 468. 

 Columba guineeusis, Finsch 8f Hartl. Vo'g. Ostafr. p. 539 (part.) 

 (1870) ; Finsch 8?Jesse,Tr. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 288 (Abyssinia) (1870) ; 

 Heugl. Orn. NO.- Afr. i. 2, p. 822 (1871), ii. App. p. clxviii (1875) ; 

 Boc. Jorn. Ac. Sc. Lisb. 1872, n. xiii. p. 67 ; id. J. f. O. 1876, 

 p. 314 ; id. Orn. Aug. p. 381 (1881) ; Bbhm, J. f. O. 1882, p. 199 

 (Central Africa); Hartl. Abh. Ver. Brem. viii. p. 216 (1882) 

 (Central Africa); Shell. Ibis, 1883, p. 278 ; Schal. J. f. 0. 1883, 

 p. 343 (Ugogo) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 376 ; Sharpe, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xvii. p. 436 (Equator. Afr.) (1884) ; Fisch. 

 J.f. O. 1885, p. 119; Rchmv. J. f. O. 1887, p. 51; Shell. P. Z. S. 

 1889, p. 369; Emm, J.f. O. 1891, p. 58. 

 Stictcenas guineensis, Pelz. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1881, p. 616 

 (Central Africa). 



Adult male. Head, throat, body beneath, ramp, and upper tail- 

 coverts cinereous, lighter or ashy white on the rump; feathers of 

 the neck ruddy vinaceous, each feather being bifid at the tip, stiff 

 and inclined to cinereous, with a glossy green tint ; back, scapulars, 

 and upper wing-coverts vinous chestnut, the latter with numerous 

 triangular white spots, which also appear on some of the cinereous 

 feathers of the wings; quills dusky ashy colour, darker or brown 

 below ; tail grey with a broad black band ou tho apical third ; the 

 outer feathers white at the basal half of the outer web: "bill 

 blackish, iris red; feet red or pink '' (Antinori) : " bare skin round 

 the eyes blood-red" (Emin Pashi). Length about 13 inches, wing 

 9-25, tail 5, bill 0-8, tarsus 1-05. 



F, nitd, . Similar to the male, but somewhat smaller. 



Hah. West Africa, from Senegal to Angola, and across Central 

 Africa to East Africa, whero it ranges from about 4° S. lat. 



