2. COLUMBA. 269 



Coluniba phsoonota, Ayres, Ibis, 1877, p. 345 (Transvaal), 1880, 

 p. 109 ; Shell. Ibis, 1882, p. 359 (S.E. Afr.) ; Butl., Feild., 8> Reid, 

 Zoolog. 1883, p. p. 337 (Natal) ; Shell. Ibis, 1883, p. 279 (S. Afr.) ; 

 Sharpe, Layards B. S. Afr. p. 559 (1884) ; Tvistr. Cat. Coll. B. 

 p. 38 (1889). 



Stictcenas phaeonota, Hein. $• Rchmo. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. 

 p. 27G (1890). 



Ooluruba guinea trigonigera, Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. p. 186 (1891). 



Similar to C. guinea, from which it is distinguished by having 

 the grey part of the plumage much darker, and the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts deep leaden grey instead of ashy white : " iris pale yellow 

 when immature, changing to red in the adult ; bill dusky slate- 

 colour, with the cere (that is over the nostrils) white ; legs red, 

 powdered with white between the scales " {Shelley). Total length 

 about 12 inches ; wing 9-2 to 8-2, tail 4-8, bill 0-9, tarsus 1-05. 



Hab. South Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. S. Africa. Earl of Derby I /-pvues of 



b. Juv. sk. Cape of Good Hope. ZooLSoc. Coll. (species.) 



c. c? ad. sk. Between Wellington and Shelley Coll. 



Ceres, Cape Colony, 

 Jan. (G. E. S.). 



d. Ad. sk. Natal. T. L. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



e. J ad. sk. Natal, June (Buckley). Shelley Coll. 

 /. $ ad. sk. Berg Mts., Durban, April Shelley Coll. 



(Gordge). 

 g. Ad. sk. Drackensberg,Aug. (A.E. Shelley Coll. 



Butler), 

 h. Ad. sk. Rustenburg. F. A. Barrett, Esq. [P.]. 



t. J ad.sk. Potchefstroom, June (T. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



L. Ayres). 

 k. 2 ad.sk. Potchefstroom, June (T. Gurney Coll. 



L. Ayres). 



13. Columba gymnophthalma. 



P Coluniba corensis, Jacq. Beytr. p. 31, n. 25 (1784) (Coro in Vene- 

 zuela) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 783, n. 59 (1788) ; Lath. hid. Om. ii. 



p. 606, n. 46 (1790) j Bonn. Enc. Meth. i. p. 245 (1790). 

 ? Grey Pigeon, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 201 (1787) (ex Jacquin). 

 Columba gyinuophtuahnos, Temm. fy JKhip, Pig.i. seconde fam. p. 48, 



pi. 18 (1808-11) (excl. syn.) (tvpe examined); Temin. Pir/.et Gallin. 



i. pp. 225, 463 (1813); VieULEne. Mith. i. p. 37".) (182!) ; Dean. 



Diet. So. Nat. xl. p. 328 (1826); Less. Tr. (TOrn. p. 470 (1831) ; 



id. Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii. p. 95 (1837); id. op. cit. 2nd ed. 



p. 296 (1838); G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 470, n. (1844) (syn. 



emend.). 

 Columba gymnophthalmus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. G (1879); G. R. 



Gr. ListB. Brit. Mus. Columhe, p. 31 (syn. emend.) (1856) ; Gieb. 



Tins. Orn. i. p. .744 (syn. emend.) (1872) j Hartert, Butt, Br. Orn. 



Club, no. iii. p. xii (1892) (Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire). 

 Columba loricata, part.. U'agl. Syst. Av. Columba, sp. 53 (1827). 

 Picazurus gymnopnthalmoa, Des Mwra in Chenu, Enc. dHist. Xat., 



Ois. vi. p. 39 (1854 ?). 



