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PEEISTERIDJ3. 



Key to the Species *• 



A complete black collar on the nape ; upper parts 

 not mottled. 

 a. Upper parts, or back, scapulars, and inner 

 half of the upper wing-coverts, earthy 

 brown. 

 a'. Under wing-coverts lead-grey. 

 a". Under tail-coverts grey. 



a'". Upper parts earthy brown, with no 

 rufescent hue. 

 a 4 . Under tail-coverts dark lead-grey, 

 almost uniform ; cheeks vinous 



with no grey tinge seniitorquatus, p. 416. 



/A Under tail-coverts grey, with 



distinct whitish edges ; anterior 



part of the cheeks grey. 



a 5 . Under tail-coverts dark grey 



edged with whitish ; breast 



vinous red shelleyi, p. 419. 



b 5 . Under tail-coverts pale grey, 

 with broad white edges ; 

 breast pale vinous ambiynus, p. 419. 



* It is uncertain to which species the tame Dove belongs ; the following 

 synonymy applies to it : — 



TURTUR RISORIUS. 



Turtur torquatus, Briss. Orn. i. p. 95 (1760). 



Columba risoria, Linn. S. N. i. p. 285, n. 33 (1766) ; Scop. Ann. I. p. 125, 

 n 182 (1769); Gm. S. N. i. p. 787, n. 33 (1788) ; Lath, hid, Orn. ii. 

 p. 607, n. 51 (1790) ; Bonn. Tabl. Enc., Orn. p. 248, pi. 82. f. 1 (1790); 

 Knip $ Temm. Pig. i. fam. seconde, pi. 44 (1808-11) ; Temm.Piy. et 

 Gallin. i. pp. 323, 481 (part.) (1813) ; Weill. N. D. xxvi. p. 377 (1818) ; 

 Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. 71 (1819); Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 183 

 (1821) (Java) ; id. Zool. Res., Gener. Cat. (1824) ; Desm. Bid. Sc. Nat. 

 xl. pp. 349 (part.), 426 (1826); Less. Tr. d' Orn. p. 473 (part.) (1831) 

 (Tonga Islands!); Less. Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii. p. 48 (part.) (1837) ; 

 id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 282 (part.) (1838); Sundev. (Efv. K. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 

 1869, p. 586 (St. Barthelemy) ; Gulliv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 489. 



Tourterelle a collier, D'Aubent. PL Enl. 244 ; Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois, ii. p. 550, 

 pi. 26 (1771). 



Collared Turtle, Lath. Syn. ii. 2, p. 648, n. 42 (1783). 



Colutnba alba, Knip Sf Temm. {nee Gm.) Piq. i. fam. seconde, p. 102, 

 pi 46 (1808-11) (var.) ; Temm. Piy. et Gallin. i. pp. 333, 484 (1813) ; 

 Steph. Gen. Zool. xi.p. 70 (1819) ; Desm. Bid. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 351 (1826). 



Columba risoria, var. cicurata, Wayl. Syst. Av. Columba, sp. 93 (1827). 



Columba risoria, var. /3, Wayl. ibid. (1827). 



Peristera risoria, Boic, Isis, 1828, p. 327. 



Turtur risorius, Selb. Nat. Lib?:, Pigeons, p. 170, pi. 17 (1835) ; G. R. Gr. 

 Gen. B. p. 472, n. 4 (1844) ; Bchnb. Syn. Av. ff. 1365, 1366 (var. alba) 

 (1847) ■ Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 235, n. 1430 (part., dom. var.) 

 (1849); Mitch. P. Z. S. 1849, p. 172 1 ; Swinh. Ibis, 1865, p. 541 

 (albino), 1866, p. 298 ; ? Drake, Ibis, 1869, pp. 151, 152 (Morocco, caged 



1 Ectopistes miyratorkes <3 X Turtur risorius J . 



