304 COLTJMBIB^. 



fulvous-brown on the breast. Some examples have the wing- 

 coverts edged with rusty, and the chin and gorge more albescent 

 than in the adult." (Leg;/e.) 

 Hab. Ceylon. 



a. Ad.sk. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Ceylon. Cuming Coll. 



c. d, e. cJ ad. et Ceylon ( H. Nevill). Tweeddale Coll. 

 juv. sk. 



f,'g. cJjad.sk. Cevlon, Dec. (S. Chapman). Tweeddale Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Ceylon (A. Whyte). Tweeddale Coll. 



i, k. d ad. sk. Ceylon (A. Whyte). Hume Coll. 



/. J ad. sk. Pallabadalla, Cevlon, Au°% Seebohm Coll. 



( W. V. Legge). 



m. 3 ad. sk. Pallabadalla, Ceylon, Aug. "\\ . V. Legge, Esq. 



[C.]. 



n. Ad. sk. Kandy, Ceylon (It. Whyte). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



37. Coluniba elphinstonei. 



PtiliDopus elphinstonii. SyJsxs, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 149 (Xilghiris) ; 



Less. Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii. p. 139 (1837) : id. op. cit. 2nd ed. 



p. 279 (1838) ; Jerd. Madr. Journ. xii. p. 11, n. 283 (1840). 

 Coluniba elphinstonii, Bli/th,J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 866 (1845); id. Ann. 



8? Mag. N. Hist. xix. p. 106 (1847) ; Strickl. ibid, (nota) ; Jerd. 



Illustr. hid. Orn. pi. 48 (1847) ; Fraser, Zoo/. T>/p. pi. 59 (1849) ; 



Rchnb. Syn. Av. Novit. Columbaria, f. 2580 (1851) ; G. R. Gr. 



List B. Brit. Mas. Columbae, p. 26 (1856) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. 



p. 742 (1872) ; Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 543 (1882). 

 Carpopbaga elpbinstoni, G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 469, n. 27 (1844). 

 Palumbus elphinstonei, B/yth, Cat. B. 3Lis. A. 8. B. p. 233, n. 1415 



(1849) ; Gotdd, B. of As. vi. pi. 57 (pt. vi. 1857) ; Bp. Consp. Av. 



ii. n. 42 (1854) ; id. Compt. Bend, xxxix. p. 1103 ( 1854), xl. p. 218, 



n. 116 (1855) ; id. Coup d'wil Ordre Biq. pp. 20, 56 n. 116 (1855) ; 



id. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 837 (1856) ; Rchnb. Tauben,-p.5l, t. 222. 



f. 2580 (1862) ; Jerd, B. of Lid. iii. p. 465 (1864); G. R. Gr. 



Hand-list, ii. p. 233, n. 9246 (1870); Hume, Nests $ Eggs, iii. 



p. 498 (1875) ; id. Sir. F. viii. p. 109 (1879). 

 Dendrotreron elphinstonii, Rchnb. Syst. Ar. Nat. p. xxv (1852). 

 Lepidoenas elphiustonii, Schleg. Mas. P.-B. Columbre, p. 70 (1873). 



Adult male. Head grey ; nuchal patch black, with small white 

 and grey tips ; lower hind neck reddish grey, with green and purple 

 reflections ; interscapular region and rest of the upper parts ruddy 

 brown, with slight purple tinge, and becoming dark ashy on the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts ; throat whitish grey ; rest of the 

 underparts grey, with a slight metallic-green lustre on the crop- 

 region, and slightly tinged with purple on the sides ; flanks dark 

 grey ; quills brown ; under surface of the wing dark grey ; tail dull 

 black : " bill and orbits deep red, the former with a yellow tip ; 

 irides ochre-yellow ; legs and feet dull red " (Jerclon). Total length 

 15 to 16 inches, wing 8, tail 6, bill 0-75, tarsus 1. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



