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PERISTEIUDJE. 



whitish. Total length about 12 inches, wing 6-5, tail 5, bill 0-75, 

 tarsus PL {Cambridge Mus.) 



Female (type). Similar to the male, only somewhat smaller : " bill 

 lead-colour, with the tip yellowish ; feet flesh-colour " (Sclater) ; 

 iris bright red. Total length about 11 inches, wing about 5 - 7o 

 (Cambridge Mus.). 



Hub. Aldabra Island. 



I am indebted to Prof. A. Newton for the opportunity of examining 

 the types of this species. 



8. Turtur comorensis. 



Turtur picturatus, part., Schleg. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424; Schleg. # Poll. 



Peek. Faun. Madag., Ois. p. 113 (1868) (Mayotte) ; Hartl. Yog. 



Madag. p. 268 (part.) (1877). 

 Turtur comorensis, E. Newt. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 300, 302 (Anjuan) 



(type examined) ; Shell. P. Z. S, 1879, p. 678 (syn. emend.) ; id. 



Ibis, 1883, p. 319; Milne-Edw. $ Oust. Nouv. Arch. Mus. (2) x. 



p. 274 (1889). 



Adult. Head, neck, upper mantle, and breast vinous, shading into 

 white on the middle of the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; smaller 

 upper wing-coverts chestnut ; remainder of the upper parts brown, 

 with an olive tinge ; on the back of the neck, and more conspi- 

 cuously on the sides, the feathers have black, almost concealed, 

 bases, and the tips greyish vinous ; under wing-coverts brown, with 

 a reddish wash ; axillaries and flanks greyish brown ; tail above 

 brown, the lateral feathers with a broad terminal light band, almost 

 white on the outer feathers ; tail underneath black, with a broad 

 greyish-white terminal band : " iris red ; bill slate-colour, -with the 

 end yellow; legs pinkish red" (Shelley). Total length about 

 11-5 inches, wing 6*8 to 7, tail 5, bill - 7, tarsus 1-1. 



Hub. Comoro Islands. 



a, b, c. Ad. sk. Anjuan Is. Purchased. 



d, e. Ad.sk. Anjuan Is. [Kirk), Shelley Coll. 



9. Turtur coppingeri. 



Turtur coppingeri, Sharpe, Pep. Vog. 'Alert,' p. 484 (1884) (Glorioso 

 Island). 



Similar to T. comorensis and T. aldabranus, but differs in the 

 brown colour of the upper parts, in having only the forehead vinous, 

 contrasting somewhat with the brown colour of the crown and 

 occiput ; there is scarcely a tinge of chestnut on the smaller wing- 

 coverts ; the under tail-coverts have a distinct bluish-grey wash : 

 "iris orange-red; bill dark; legs and feet dark red" (Dr. Cop- 

 pinger). Total length about 12 inches, wing 6*5, tail 4-25, bill 0*7, 

 tarsus 1*1. 



Hab. Glorioso Island. 



a. $ ad. sk. Glorioso Island (Dr. Coppinger). H.M.S. 'Alert' Exped. 



(Type of species.) 



