350 colttmbid^e. 



Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 234, n. 1421 (1849); Bchnb. Vbg. 

 Neuholl. p. 322, n. 438 (1850) ; Bp. Consp. 4i>.ii.p. 56 (S.E. Aus- 

 tralia, New Guinea!) (1854); id. Compt. Rend, xxxix. p. 1111 

 (1854), xl. p. 219, n. 158 (1855) ; id. Coup d'wil Ordre rig. 

 pp. 27, 57, n. 158 (1855) ; G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbas, 

 p. 38 (185G) ; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 86, t. 251. f. 1396 (1862), ?ii. 

 p. 176 (Aru, K6 Isl.) (1862) ; Gould, Randb. B. Austr. ii. p. 148 

 (excl. syn.) (1865) ; Wall. Ibis, 1865, p. 389 (Australia) ; id. J. f. O. 

 1866, p. 282 ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 237, n. 9293 (1870) ; 

 Wold. Ibis, 1873, p. 315 ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Colunibae, p. 108 

 (1873) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbse, p. 15 (1873) ; Garrod, 

 P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 250, 256 ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 518 (syn. 

 emend.) (1875) ; Rams. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 116; id. Pr. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. W. ii. p. 196 (1878) ; Tweedd. Orn. Works, p. 247 (1881) ; 

 Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 451 (1883) ; Sharpe, Voyage of 

 H.M.S. 'Alert,' -p. 25 (1884); Rams. Tab. List, p. 18, n. 550 (1888) ; 

 Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 39 (1889) ; North, Rec. Austr. Mus. i. p. 117 

 (1891). 

 Turtur phasianellus, Schley. Dierent. p. 206 (1864). 



Adult male. General colour chestnut-brown, below cinnamon- 

 rufous, deepening into chestnut on the abdomen and lower tail- 

 coverts, paler on the forehead and throat ; occiput and hind neck 

 metallic amethyst with green reflections ; a sligbtly vinous tinge on 

 the crop-region, where also some narrow blackish bars can be 

 noticed ; quills brown ; under wing-coverts, axillaries, and inner 

 margins of the primaries rufous cinnamon ; tail rufous brown ; 

 three outer pairs of rectrices brighter rufous, especially on the inner 

 webs, and the outermost also on the outer web ; all three have a 

 broad black band extending towards the base of the inner web : 

 " iris blue, with an outer circle of scarlet ; orbital skin bluish lilac ; 

 feet red " (Gould). Total length about 17 inches, wing 7*5 to 7"9, 

 tail 8-5 to 9, bill 0-68, tarsus 1. 



Young ? Upper parts chestnut-brown, upper part of the head 

 much redder chestnut and also the edges of the upper wing-coverts ; 

 the sides of the head and neck rufous with brown bars ; beneath 

 minutely freckled with dark brown. 



Whether the adult female is similar to the adult male or resembles 

 the young bird, is still doubtful. 



Bab. Australia, from Cape York to Victoria and S. Australia. 



Wallace includes the Aru and Xe Islands among the localities 

 inhabited by this species, but probably the specimens from those 

 islands belong respectively to M. doreya and M. keiensis. 



a. Inam. sk. Linn. Soc. Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



b. A ad. sk. Australia [~N. S. Wales ?]. Ladv Carrington 



[P.] 



c. Inim. sk. Australia. Tweeddale Coll. 



d. e. <$ ad. sk. Cape York (Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. <$ ad. sk. Queensland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 g. 3 ad. sk. S. Queensland. Tweeddale Coll. 



h. <$ ad. sk. Queensland (Comer and Sydney Museum 



Grant). ' [P.]. 



