312 C0LU1IBID.E. 



In a more advanced stage the head shows a rufous-purplish 

 tinge, the green edges on the mantle-feathers are better pronounced, 

 and the purple edges on the feathers of the back and rump are 

 strongly marked. 



In fully adult birds freshly moulted the head and throat have a 

 dull chocolate-colour glossed with purple or lilac. 



Two specimens, a female from JS T akondo-shima, Parry Islands, 

 October, and a male from Aneshima, Bailey Islands, June, have 

 lost the chocolate-colour on the head, which is slate-grey, with 

 a purple or lilac gloss ; but the second has still some remains of the 

 chocolate-colour, which I think most probably is lost by abrasion 

 of the feathers, and not gained by abrasion, as supposed by Mr. 

 Seebohm. 



a. J ad. sk. Parrv Isl., Bonin, Oct. (P. A. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



Hoist). 



b. $ imm. sk. Bailey Isl., Bonin, June (P. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



A. Hoist). 



45. Columba metallica. 



Columba metallica, Temm. PI. Col. 562 (livr. 95, 1835) ; Less. 

 Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii. p. 42 (1837) ; id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 280 

 (1838) ; Temm. § Mull. Verh. Land- en Volkenk. p. 209 (Timor) 

 (1839-44). 



Oarpophaga metallica, G. B. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 469, n. 19 (1844) ; 

 Behnb. Syn.Ar. Columbaria?, f. 1290 (1847); Schley. N. T. D. 

 iii. p. 201 (1866) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 586 (1872) ; Tristr. Cat. 

 Coll. B. p. 42 (1889). 



Janthcenas metallica, Behnb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xxv (1852) ; Bp. 

 Compt. Bend, xxxix. p. 1105 (1854), xl. p. 218, n. 122 (18-15) ; 

 id. Coup d'ceil Ordr. Pie/, pp. 21, 57, n. 122 (1855) ; Wall. Lbis, 

 1861, pp. 348, 350; Behnb. Tauben, i. p. 118, t. 231. f. 1290 

 (1862) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 486 ; id. Ibis, 1865, pp. 388, 398 ; 

 id. J. f. O. 1866, p. 282 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 230, n. 9210 

 (1870) ; Schley. Mus. P.-B. Colurnbae, p. 75 (1873). 



Janthasnas metallica, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 44 (1854). 



Adult male. General plumage slate-black ; upper part of the 

 head, neck, and crop-region metallic purple-violet, rest of the upper 

 parts with metallic golden-green edges to the feathers ; throat and 

 cheeks slate-grey, with slight purple edges to the feathers of the 

 latter : " base of bill red, tip pale yellow horny ; iris orange ; 

 orbits red ; feet dull red ; claws pale " ( Wallace). Total length about 

 16-5 inches, wing 10-2, tail 6-5, bill 0-8, tarsus 0-95. 



Hob. Timor. 



a, b. 6 ad. sk. E. Timor. Wallace Coll. 



