4. IlKTUKCEXA. 331 



Coluniba malherbii, Hartl. (nee Verr.) Syst. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 199 



(ad.) (1857) ; Cass. Pr. Ac. Xat. 8c. Philad. 1859, p. 14:3 (Gamma 



River) ; Hartl. J. f. 0. 1861, p. 200; Gieb. The*. Om. i. p. 747 



(part.) (1872). 

 Columba chalcauchenia (G. R. Gr.), Hartl. Syst. Orn. W.-Afr. 



p. l!)4 (in syn. sp. iWS) (1857). 

 Turturcena chalcauchia, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 234, n. 9255 



(1870). 

 Turturcena iriditorques, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 234, n. 9256 (1870) ; 



Shell. Ibis, 1883, p. 291. 

 Columba malherbei, part., Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 747 (1872). 

 Trizusa iriditorques, Heine if Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Hem. Orn. 



p. 276 (1890). 

 Turturcena biittikoferi, Rchnw. All//, deutsche Orn. Ges. zu Berlin, 



Bericht no. viiL p. 4 (1891) ; id. J.f. O. 1891, pp. 373, 437 ( $ ). 



Adult male. Head and upper part of the neck lead-grey ; hind 

 part of the head and neck glossed with green, and with amethystine 

 reflections ; lowor hind neck coppery, with amethystine reflections ; 

 rest of the upper parts slate-grey, with the feathers of the mantle 

 edged with metallic green ; lower throat, crop-region, breast, and 

 abdomen vinous ; under tail-coverts vinous cinnamon ; under 

 surface of the wings slate-grey ; tail slate-grey, the two central 

 feathers uniform, the lateral ones with a broad yellowish-buff 

 band at the tip, and with the inner webs tinged with brown ; 

 tail below brown, rufous towards the base, and with a broad buff 

 apical band : " iris pale rose-colour ; bill blue at the base, with 

 horny-yellow point ; feet flesh-colour " (B'dttikofcr). Total length 

 about 10 inches, wing 6*6, tail ±"2, bill 0-6, tarsus 0"8. 



Female. Anterior part of the head greyish, posterior part and 

 hind neck rufous, with green and amethyst reflections ; lower hind 

 neck coppery red with amethystine reflections ; rest of the upper parts 

 slate-grey ; under surface brown-grey, with narrow vermiculations, on 

 the crop-region an amethystine gloss ; under tail-coverts cinnamon ; 

 wings and tail as in the male, the latter deeper rufous on the apical 

 band and on the inner wehs of the feathers *. 



Hab. W. Africa, from Gaboon to Liberia. 



c? ad. sk. Gaboon. Purchased. 



(Type of C. chalcauchia, G. E. Gr.) 

 $ ad. sk. Gaboon. Bouvier Coll. 



$ ad. sk. Abouri, Gold Coast {H T. Shelley Coll. 



Ussher). 



o. Turturcena malherbei. 



Columba malherbii, Verr. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1851, p. 514 ( $H) 

 (Gaboon !) ; G. R. Gr. List //. Brit. Mus. Columba-, p. 30 (1856) ; 

 Gieb. Thes. Om. i. p. 747 (part.) (1872). 



* Captain Shelley's description (I. c.) applies only to the female of this 

 species. 



