5. TURTTJR. 421 



of the eyes : on the hind neck a broad black collar, partially edged 

 above with grey ; back, middle of the rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 earthy brown ; sides of the rump and outer, or marginal, upper wing- 

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

 with partial narrow light edges ; under wing-coverts and flanks 

 lead-grey ; middle of the abdomen whitish ; under tail-coverts pale 

 grey, with the tips whitish ; two central tail-feathers earthy brown 

 like the back, the lateral ones grey on the basal naif, light brown 

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

 greyish whitish at the apical half, with the tip whiter. Total 

 length about 12 inches, wing 7, tail 5-2, bill OT5, tarsus 0*1. 

 Hob. Dongola. 



.a. 6 ad. sk. Argo L, Dongola, April (Hemprich Dresser Coll. 



§ Ehrenberg). 



(One of the types of Columba collaris, Hempr.)* 



15. Turtur bitorquatus. 



Columba bitorquata, Temm. 8c Knip, Pig. i. fam. seconde, p. 86, 

 pi. 40 (1808-11) (India, Mauge) ; Temm. Pig. et Gallin. i. pp. 301, 

 477 (1813) (S. Asia) ; Vieill. N. D. xxvi. p. 349 (1818) ; Steph. 

 Gen. Zool. xi. p. 76 (1819) ; Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 188 

 (1821) (Java); Vieill. Enc. Meth. i. p. 382 (1823); Desm. Diet. 

 Sc. Nat. xl. p. 344 (1826); Wagl. Syst. Av. Columbae, sp. 94 

 (1827); Less. Tr. cFOrn. p. 473 (part.) (1831) (Sumatra!); id. 

 Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii. p. 53 (1837) ; id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 283 

 (1838). 



Peristera bitorquata, Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 327. 



Turtur bitorquatus, G. R. Gr. List Gallitw. Brit. Mia. p. 12(1844); 

 id. Gen. B. ii. p. 472, n. 6 (1844) ; Rchnb. Sun. Av. ff. 1373-74 

 (1847); Bli/th, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 236, n. 1431 (1849) 

 (Timor) ; id. J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 261 (1855) ; G. R. Gr. Lid 

 B. Brit. Mus. Columbse, p. 44 (part. ?) (1856) ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1860, p. 361 (Molucca !) ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 486 (Lombock, 

 Flores, Timor) ; Schleg. De Dierent. p. 206 (1864) ; Wall. Ibis, 

 1805, pp. 391, 399; id. J.f. O. 1866, p. 283: Schleg. Mus. P.-B. 



* I am not acquainted with the following species : — 



Turtur perspicillatus. 



Turtur albirentris, Rohm (nee Gr.), J. f. O. 1882, p. 198. 

 Turtur capicola, part., Schal. J. f O. 1883, p. 342 (Konko). 

 Turtur perspicillata, Fisch. $ Rchnw. J.f. O. 1884, p. 179 (MassailaDd) ; 

 Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 377; id. J.f. O. 1885, p. 119; 

 Rchnw. J.f. O. 1887, pp. 41, 51, 1892, p. 14. 

 Very much like T. decipiens, F. & H., but it differs in having the under 

 tail-coverts, vent, and flanks pure white, and a very broad coral-red naked ring 

 round the eyes : iris brownish yellow ; bill black ; feet vinous reddish. Total 

 length 10-41-11 inches, wing 6-09-648, tail4'52-4-91, culmen 070, tarsus 090. 

 {Translation.) 



Hob. Massailand, interior of E. Africa. 



Obs. Dr. Reichenow notices that a specimen from Ugogo {Bohm) has the 

 middle of the under tail-feathers washed with grey. 



