5. XURTUE. 419 



12. Turtur shelleyi. 



Turtur ervthrophrys, Antin. {nee Siv.) Cat. Descr. Ucc. p. 88 (18G4) 



(Gencke, 9° lat. N., specimen examined). 

 Turtur semitorquata, Salvad. Atti R. Ac. Sc. Tor. v. p. 745 (1870). 

 Turtur semitorquatus, var., Shell. Ibis, 1883, pp. 305, 306 (Niger, 



Baikie). 



Adult. Similar to T. semitorquatus. Anterior part of the upper 

 head grey, this colour surrounds the eyes and extends on the 

 upper part of the cheeks ; chin and throat greyish white ; occiput, 

 neck, and breast vinous pink ; no black feathers in front of the 

 eyes ; on the hind neck a broad black collar, partially edged above 

 with grey ; back, middle of the rump, uppe? tail-coverts, and 

 inner upper wing-coverts brown ; sides of the rump and outermost 

 wing-coverts lead-grey ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts black ; 

 quills black, with partial narrow light edges ; under wing-coverts 

 and flanks lead-grey ; lower abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts 

 lead-grey, the latter with distinct whitish edges ; two central tail- 

 feathers brown, the lateral ones blackish on the basal half, light 

 brown with white tips on the apical half ; tail below black at the 

 base and greyish white at the apical half, with the tip whiter : bill 

 black ; feet red ; iris brown. Total length about 12 inches, wing 

 6-6, tail 5, bill 0-7, tarsus 0-9. 



Hab. Upper AYhite Nile and Niger. 



a. <5 ad. sk. Niger {Baikie). Shelley Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



13. Turtur ambignus. 



Turtur semitorquatus, Kirk {nee Riipp.), Ibis, 1864, p. 330 (Zam- 

 besi). 

 Turtur ervthrophrys, Boc. {nee Sw.) Jorn. Acad. Sc. Lisb. n. ii. 1867, 



p. 15:2 (Angola). 

 Turtur sp. ?, Boc. Jorn. Acad. Sc. Lisb. n. xii. 1872, p. 67 (It. 



Coroca) ; id. J.f. 0. 1876, p. 314. 

 Turtur ambiguus, Boc. Orn. Ang. p. 386 (1877) ; Rchmu. § Schal. 



J. f. O. 1882, p. 117; Rchnw. J. f. O. 1892, p. 13 (Bukome, 



Victoria Nyanza). 

 Turtur decipiens, part, Shell. Ibis, 1883, p. 306 ; Sharpe {nee F. § 



H.), Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 567 (1884) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 



p. 38 (1889) (Sobat, Central Africa). 



Somewhat similar to T. semitorquatus, from which it differs as 

 follows : — Forehead, crown, and cheeks pearl-grey, fading into 

 white on the chin and centre of the upper throat, and passing into 

 vinous pink on the back of the head and posterior portions of the 

 cheeks ; neck and chest vinous pink, paler than in T. semitorquatus, 

 the black collar partially edged above with grey ; the upper parts 

 arc somewhat paler, the grey on the marginal upper wing-coverts 

 paler grey ; the outer secondaries and sides of the rump washed with 

 grey ; central tail-feathers brown like the back ; remainder of the 



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