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COLUMBin/IC. 



Palumbus bollii, Shell. Ibis, 1883, p. 287. 



Columba bullei, Koenig. J.f. O. 1890, pp. 441, 442, 486 (Teneriffe, 

 Goniera, Palma), t. viii. f. 12 (egg). 



Adult male. Slate-blue ; feathers of the hind neck and sides of 

 the neck scale-like, glossed with green and purple ; also on the 

 upper mantle glossed with purple, and with dull green lower down ; 

 on the sides of the neck a patch of feathers with coppery or chestnut- 

 reddish gloss ; breast and abdomen rich vinous ; vent, flanks, and 

 under tail-coverts slate-blue ; quills and primary-coverts dull black ; 

 tail slate-black, with a broad subterminal dark grey band : " bill 

 red, darker at the tip ; legs coral-red ; iris straw-yellow ; edge 

 round the eye coral-red " (Dresser). Total length 14 - 5 inches, 

 wing 8 - 2, tail 6-4, bill 0-8, tarsus 1-1. 



Female. Similar to the male, but perhaps a little duller. 



Young. Much duller ; general plumage dull slate-grey ; no 

 metallic gloss on the neck ; vinous colour of the underparts paler. 



Hob. Canary Islands — Teneriffe, Gomera, Palma. 



a. c? ad. sk. Taganana, Teneriffe, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(F. D. Godman). (Type of species.) 



b. c, d. $ 5 a d- Taganana, Teneriffe, March Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 sk. (F. D. Godman). 



c. 2 a d. sk. Orotava, Teneriffe, April (F. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



D. Godman). 



33. Columba trocaz. 



Columba trocaz, Heineken, Brewster s Journ. of Science, 1829, p. 228 



(Madeira); Jard. # Selb. III. Orn. ii. pi. 98 (1839); G. R. Gr. 



Gen. B. ii. p. 470, n. 27 (part.) (1844) ; J'ern. Hare. P. Z. S. 



1851, p. 142 ; id. Ann. &,- Mag. N. H xii. p. 58 (1853) ; G. R. Gr. 



List B. Brit. Mus. Columbse, p. 27 (part.) (1856) ; A. Newt. Ibis, 



1863, p. 186; Fern. Hare. Ibis, 1863, p. 231 ; Godm. Ibis, 1872, 



p. 214 ; Dress. B. of Eur. vii. p. 33, pi. 461 (1875) ; Reid, Ibis, 1887, 



pp. 425, 428 (Madeira and Azores !) ; Grant, Ibis, 1890, p. 442 ; 



Koenig, J.f O. 1890, p. 442 ; Hartio. Ornis, 1891, p. 167. 

 Columba laurivora, part., Webb fy Birth. Orn. Can. p. 26, pi. 3 



(upper figure) (1841); Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 745 (part.) (1872); 



Hartw. J.f. O. 1886, pp. 454, 455, 483. 

 Palumbus trocaza, Bp. in lift. (Consp. Av. ii. p. 45, 1854). 

 Trocaza laurivora, part., Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 45 (1854) ; id. Co?npt. 



Rend, xxxix. p. 1104 (1854), xl. p. 218, n. 127 (1855); id. Coup 



d'ceil Ordr. Pig. pp. 20, 58, n. 127 (1855). 

 Trocaza bouvryi, Bp. Compt. Rend. xli. p. 659 (1855), xliii. pp. 837, 



948 (Madeira and Morocco !) (1856) ; id. Icon. Pig. pi. 70 (1857). 

 Trocaza trocaz, part., G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 233, n. 9249 (1870). 

 Trocaza bouvreyi (sic), G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 233, n. 9250 



(1870). 

 Trocaza heineken, Bp. (errore), Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 745 (1872). 

 Palumbus trocaz, Shell. Ibis, 1883, p. 286. 



Adult male. General plumage slate-blue, a little lighter on the 

 head, fore neck, lower back, rump, and underparts ; feathers of the 

 hind neck and sides of the neck scale-like, tipped with silvery grey ; 



