5. TTTRTUE. 429 



Streptopelia barbara, Ibis, 1864, p. 401 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 151. 

 Streptopelia albiventris, part., G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 239, 

 n. 9326 (1870). 



Adult male. Head and neck pink vinous, paler on the forehead, and 

 changing into white on the chin and throat and on the lower abdo- 

 men, vent, and under tail-coverts ; on the crown and occiput a 

 slight greyish tinge ; a black line in front of the eyes ; on the hind 

 neck a broad black collar, edged above with whitish ; back, scapulars, 

 tertials, and inner half of the wing-coverts earthy brown ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts greyish brown ; outer upper wing-coverts pale 

 grey, with lighter edges ; bastard wing and primary-coverts black; 

 primaries brown-black, secondaries brownish grey, all the quills with 

 narrow light edges ; under wing-coverts grey ; two central tail- 

 feathers earthy brown like the back, the nest two pairs bluish grey, 

 whitish towards the tips and black at the base of the inner webs ; 

 remainder of the tail-feathers black at the base, white at the apical 

 part ; the outer feathers have also, the basal part of the outer web 

 edged with white ; tail below with the basal half black and the 

 terminal half white, the outer feathers edged with white : " feet 

 brown ; bill black ; iris bright chestnut " (Antinori). Total length 

 scarcely 10 inches, wing 5 - 8, tail 5-3, bill 0'4o, tarsus 0*75. 



Female. Similar to the male. 



Hab. Tropical N. Africa, from Senegal and Gold Coast on the 

 west, to Ngui and Bogos on the east ; apparently also Loango. 



I have compared the type of S. barbaru, Antin., with the birds 

 mentioned below, and I find that they are absolutely identical. 



a. Ad. sk. Gambia (Moloney). Shellev Coll. 



b. 6 ad. sk. Accra (G. E. S.). Shelley Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Ninquah, E. Gold SheUey Coll. 



Coast, Dec. 



d. Ad. sk. Tchadda R. Dr. Balfour Baikie [P.]. 



e. Pull. sk. Niger. Purchased. 

 /. Skeleton. Purchased. 



20. Turtur roseogriseus. 



Columba risoria, Riipp. (nee Linn.) Neue Wirbelth. Vog. p. 67 (1835) 

 (Maaeowa). 



Turtur risorius, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 130 (1845) (Arabia, Abys- 

 sinia, Egypt) ; ? Heugl. Ibis, 1859, p. 343. 



Turtur seuiitorquatus, Blyth {nee Hupp, neque Sw.), J. A. S. B. xxiv. 

 p. 261 (1855) (Abyssinia, Ruppell). 



Peristera viuacea, C. L. Brehm (nee Gm.), Yogelf. p. 258 (1855). 



Columba roseogrisea, Sunder. Krit. otn Leva-ill. p. 54 (1857) ( = C. 

 risoria, Riipji.). 



Turtur albiventris, Finsch fy Hartl. (nee Gr.) Fog. Ostafr. p. 546 

 (part.) (1870) ; Finsch fy Jesse, Tr. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 289 (1870) 

 (Abyssinia); Blanf. Geol. $ Zool. Abyss, p. 417 (1870) ; Heuql. 

 Urn. N.O.-Afr. i. 2, p. 834 (1871) ; Shell. B. of Egypt, p. 217 

 (1872); ? Hartert, Eat. Vogelsamml. p. 188 (1891) (Abyssinia, 

 Ruppell). 



? Turtur risoroides, MS. Mus. Lugd. fide Heugl. J.f. O. 1867, p. 206. 



