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10. Turtur rostratus. 



Columba picturata, var., Prev. Pig. ii. p. 66, text to pi. 35 (1838-43). 

 Turtur rostratus, lip. Consp. A v. ii. p. G2 (Seychelles) (1854) ; id. 



Compt. Rend. xl. pp. 16, 219, n. 170 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil Ordre 



Pig. pp. 30, 57, n. 170 (1855) ; Hartl. Orn. Beitr. Faun. Madag. 



p. 67 (1861) ; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 71 (1862) ; E. Newt. P. Z. 8. 



1867, p. 344 ; id. Ibis, 1867, pp. 336, 337, 354, f. wing and head, 



pp. 355, 359 (Marianne I.) ; A. Neivt. Ibis, 1868, p. 477; G. R. 



Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 238, n. 0320 (1870) : Schleg. Mus. P.-B. 



OolumbsB, p. 130 (1873) ; Oust. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1877, p. 101 ; 



Hartl. Vbg. Madag. p. 260 (1877) ; Oust. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1878, 



p. 180; Shell. Ibis, 1883, p. 320; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 38 



(1889). 

 Turtur picturatus, part., Schleg. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424 (Mayotte) ; 



Schleg. fy Poll. Rech. Faun. Madaa., Ois. p. 113 (part.) (1868) ; 



Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 727 (part.) (1877). 



Adult male. Upper part of the head, upper back, scapulars, and 

 the lesser upper -wing-coverts deep vinous purple ; remainder of the 

 head, neck, breast, and abdomen somewhat paler; feathers of the hind 

 neck, and more conspicuously those of the sides of the neck, have 

 black concealed bases and broad grey vinous tips ; lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts uniform lead-grey ; remainder of the wing 

 brown, the primaries with narrow pale vinous edges ; vent greyish, 

 under tail-coverts white ; sides and under wing-coverts dark grey ; 

 central tail-feathers uniform grey ; the lateral ones have a grey base, 

 a broad terminal white band, and a black band between the white 

 and the grey : " bill slate-black, with the end third j-ellow ; legs 

 reddish brown" (Shelley). Total length 10 inches, wing 5*8, tail 

 3-9, bill 0-8, tarsus 1-1. 



Apparently younger birds are duller and darker, the sides lead- 

 grey ; the lower back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and central tail- 

 feathers brown. 



Hub. Seychelles. 



a. S ad. sk. Marianne I., Seychelles. Shelley Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Marianne I., Seychelles. Tweeddale Coll. 



c. d. Ad. sk. l'raslin, Seychelles. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



y. Steeptopelia. t 



Streptopelia, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 63 (1854) T. risoriua. 



Range. Africa, S.AV. Talacarctic Region, Indian and Oriental 

 Regions, Indo-Malay Archipelago, and also Marianne or Ladrones 

 Islands, where most likely one species has been introduced. 



