454 PERISTEEIDiE. 



t',u',v'. <3 2 ad.sk. Mysore, May (W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



w'. cjad.sk. Segore, Feb. (W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



x', y'. Ad. sk. Madras. Gould Coll. 



z. Ad. sk. [var.]. Hume Coll. 



a". Juv. sk. ? Himalaya Mts. Purchased. 



b". Skeleton. India. Purchased. 



Subfamily III. GEOPELIINjE. 



Key to the Genera. 



a Tail of 14 feathers; first primary atten- 

 uated at the tip 6. Geopelia, p. 454. 



b. Tail of 12 feathers ; first primary not 

 attenuated at the tip. 

 a'. Periophthalmic region not broadly 



naked 7. Scardafella, p. 463. 



b'. Periophthalmic region broadly naked. . 8. Gymnopelia, p. 468. 



6. GEOPELIA. Type 



Geopelia, Sw. Class. B. ii. p. 348 (1837) G. striata. 



Tomopeleia, Rchnb. Av. Syst. Natur. p. xxv (1852) . . G. maugei. 

 Geopeleia, Rchnb. ibid, (nomen emend.). 



Stictopeleia, Rchnb. ibid. (1852) G. cuneata. 



Erythrauchama, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 93 (1854) G. humeralis. 



Tomopeha, Bp. op. cit. p. 94 (1854). 

 Stictopelia, Bp. op. cit. p. 95 (1854). 

 Chrysauchoena (errore), Bp. Compt. Rend. xl. p. 210 



(1855) GL humeralis. 



Erythauchoena {sic), Bp. Compt. Rend. xl. p. 221 



(1855). 



Range. From Burma to Australia. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Nape rufous humeralis, p. 455. 



b. Nape not rufous. 



a'. Upper parts distinctly banded. 



a". More or less delicate pale vinous under- 

 neath. 



a 3 . Only the neck banded all round tranquilla, p. 456. 



b 3 . Neck, breast, and sides banded ; middle 



of the lower parts delicate pale vinous. . striata, p. 458. 

 b". No pale vinous underneath ; neck, breast, 



and sides banded maugei, p. 461. 



b'. Upper parts grey, -with no dark bands ; upper 



wing-coverts with small white spots .... cnneata, p. 462. 



