410 PERISTEKIDJE. 



cit. 2nd ed. p. 282 (1838) ; Knip $ Prtv. Pig. ii. pi. 35 (1838-43) ; 



G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 470, n. 29 (1844) ; Rchnb. Sun. Av. f. 12150 



(1847). .. 



Columba dufresnii, Leach, fide Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. 77, pi. 3 (Isle 



of France) (1819). 

 Peristera picturata, Bote, Lsis, 1828, p. 327. 

 Columba picta, part., Less. Tr. a" Orn. p. 473 (Marianne Isl., Q. # G., 



and Madagascar, Delalande) (1831). 

 Turtur versicolor, Kittl. {nee Columba versicolor, Kittl.) fide Rchnb. 



Syn. Av. f. 2 (1847), et Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 61 (1854). 

 Turtur picturatus, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 236, n. 1433 



(Mauritius) (1849); Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 61 (1854); id. Compt. 



Rend. xl. pp. 16, 219, n. 178 (1855) ; id. Coup a"ceil Ordre Pig. 



pp. 30, 57, n. 178 (1855) ; G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columba;, 



p. 42 (1856) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1860, p. 161 ; id. Orn. Beitr. Faun. 



Madag. p. 66 (1861) ; 'Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 70, t. 224. f. 1260 



(1862) ; Maill. Not. sur tile Renn. p. 163 (1862) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 



1863, p. 164 ; Roch $ E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 167 ; E. Newt. Lbis, 



1863, p. 454; Pollen, N. T. D. i. p. 319 (1863) ; Coquerel, Bull. 



Soc. Acclim. Reun. ii. p. 19 (1864) ; Schleg. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424 



(part., Madagascar, Mauritius, Keunion) ; E. Newt. Lbis, 1867, 



pp. 346, 354 (bill and wing, p. 355), 359 (Seychelles) ; Grand. 



Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 418 ; Schlen. 8f Poll. Reck Faun. 



Madag., Ois. p. 113 (part.) (1868) ; A. Newt. Lbis, 1868, p. 477; 



G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 238, n. 9314 (1870) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 



1871, p. 693; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbae, p. 129 (1873) ; ?Milne- 



Ediv. Ann. Sc. Nat. (5) xix. p. 14, pi. xii. f. 2 (bones of the foot) 



(1874) ; Bartl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 67 ; Hartl, Vbg. Madag. p. 268 



(1877) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 727 (part.) (1877) ; Oust. Bull. Soc. 



Philom. 1878, p. 178 ; Shell. Lbis, 1883, p. 317 (syn. emend.) ; Sclat. 



List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 452 (1883) ; Milne-Edw. 8f Grand. Hist. 



Nat. Madag. xii. Ois. p. 460, pis. 185, 186, 187 (1885) ; Tristr. 



Cat. Coll. B. p. 38 (1889) ; Heine $ Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 



Orn. p. 277 (1890) ; Sibree, Lbis, 1891, p. 564. 

 Turtur prevostianus, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 62 (1854) (=C. picta, Mus. 



Paris, Marianne Isl.*, Quog 4" Gaimard) ; id. Compt. Rend, xl. 



pp. 16, 219, n. 180 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil Ordre Pig. pp. 30, 57, 



n. 180 (1855) ; G. R. Gr. List B. Trop. Lsl. p. 43 (1859) ; Hartl. 



Orn. Beitr. Faun. Madag. p. 67 (1861); Rchnb. tauben, i. p. 71 



(1862) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 238, n. 9391 (1870) ; Gieb. Thes. 



Orn. iii. p. 727 (1877); Oust. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1878, p. 179; 

 Wiglesw. Aces Polynes. p. 54 (1891). 

 Turtur pictus, Mus. Paris, fide Oust, Bull. Soc. Philom. 1878, p. 179. 

 Turtur picturatus, var., Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 38 (1889) (Bourbon). 



Adult, Head grey, paler on the chin, and gradually shading into 

 ashy vinous on the remainder of the neck and breast ; feathers of 

 the hind neck and sides of the neck have concealed bases black, and 

 tips greyish vinous ; the vinous of the neck shades into chestnut on 

 the upper back, portion of the scapulars, and the smaller upper wing- 

 coverts ; apical portion of the scapulars, remainder of the wings, 

 upper tail-coverts, and central tail-feathers brown ; primaries with 



* Marianne Island is one of the Seychelles (E. Newton, ' Ibis,' 1867, p. 359), 

 and not the same as the Ladrone Islands, as, following Bonaparte, has been 

 generally understood. 





