Young. Much 

 chestnut edges. 

 Hah. Western 



a, l>. $ ad. et c? 



juv. sk. 

 e, d. <$ $ ad. sk. 



<• $ ad. sk. 



/. $ ad. sk. 



'/, *i »'• 6 2 ad. 



sk. 

 ft o. c? 2 ad. sk. 



p. 3 ad. sk. 



q-„. £ 2 ad. sk. 



V, "'. cJ 2 a d- 8k. 



*", V, -■ 6 2 ad. 



sk. 

 a'. Ad. sk. 



h'. Ad. sk. 

 <•'. Ad. sk. 

 </'. Ad. sk. 

 e . Ad. sk. 



2. 0OLUHBA. 



duller, the upper wing-coverts 



Ghats, Deccan, and Nilghiris. 



Mynall. S. Travancore, Sept., 

 Oct. (/•'. Bourdillon). 



Palani Hills, June (S. B. 

 Fairbank). 



I'alani Hills, June (8. B. 

 Fairbank). 



Koondahs, Nilghiris, March. 



Coonoor, Oct., Nov. ( IV. 



Davison). 

 Ootacamund, March, May 



( W. Davison). 

 Coffee Estate, Nilghiris, July 



( Miss Cockburn). 

 Neddivuttum, March ( IV. 



Davison). 

 Kotagherry, June (J. Dar- 



Ung fy Miss Cockburn). 

 Conrg, April ( IV. Davison). 



Deccan (Sykes). 



Madras. 



Madras. 



Madras (R. G. IV. JL). 



India. 



Si 15 



have narrow rufous- 

 Hume ( Soil. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 W. Davison, Esq. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



India Museum [P. "I. 

 (Type of species.) 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Mr. Jerdon ["P.J. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Zool. Soc. Coll. 



38. Coluinba pulchricollis. 



Columha? pulchricollis. Hodffs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 86, n. 737 

 (1*44) ; Gray, List GaUintB Brit. Mm. p. 9 1 1844) ; Blyth, J. A. 

 S. B.xW. p. 866 (1845); id. Ann. \ Mar,. X. //. xix. p. 100 

 (1847) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. App. p. 23 (1849) : id. List B. Brit. 

 Mus. Columbas, p. 26 (1856); id. Cat. Eodgs. Coll. Br. Mm. 2nd 

 ed. p. 67 (1863). 



Columha elphinstonii, G. R. Gr. {nee Sykes) Cat. Hodgs. Coll. Br. 

 Mi/*, p. 122 (1846). 



Palumbus pulchricollis. Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. />'. p. 233, n.1414 

 (1849) : Gould, 11. <>f As. vi. pi. 68 (pt. vi.. 1854) ; tip. Consp. Av. 

 ii. p. 42 ( 1854); id. Compt. Rend.xxxix. p. 1 103 < 1854), \1. p. 218, 

 n. 11") (1855); id. Coup d'ail Ordre Pig. pp. 20, 56, n. 115 

 (1855); Bchnb. Tauben, i. p. 61, ii. p. 167, Novit. Suppl. t. ii. 

 ft'. 11, li> (ex Gould) (1862) ; Jerd. />'. of Ind. iii. p. 466 (1864) ; 

 Swin/i. Ibis, 1866, pp. 313, 396; a. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 288, 

 n. 9246 ( 1870) ; Smnh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 847 ; Gieb. The*. Om. i. 

 p. 740 (1872); David ,V Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 382 (1877) ; Hume, 

 Str. Feath. viii. p. 109 (1879). 



"Lepidcenas pulchricollis, Schley. Mux. P.-B. Columbae, p. 71 (1873). 



Adult. Head and checks delicate grey ; middle of the throat 

 white . on the lower part of the neck a conspicuous collar of 

 feathers, black at the base, and largely tipped with glossy buff. 



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