0. GEOPELIA. 455 



1 . Geopelia humeralis. 



Columba humeralis, Temm. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 128 (1821) ; id. 

 PI. Col. 192 (livr. 32, 1823) ; Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 348 

 (1826) ; Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 291 0826); Less. Compl. de 

 Buff., Ois. viii. p. 74 (1837); id. op.cif 2nd ed. p. 289 (1838) ; 

 Prev. \ Ship, Pig. ii. p. 9, pi. 5 (1838-43) ; Mull. Verh. Land- en 

 Volkenk. p. 23 (1839 L844). 



Columba erythrauchen, Wagl. Syst. Av. Columba, sp. 98 (1827). 



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



Geopelia humeralis, G. Li. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 471, n. 1 (1844) ; Gould, 



Brit. Mus. Columbae, p. 38 (1856) ; Sclat. Journ. Pr. Linn. Soc. 

 ii. p. 168, n. 149 (1858) ; G. R. Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 146 ; id. Cat. 

 B. New Gain. yp. 49, Gl (1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 437: Gould, 

 P. Z. S. 1*03, p. L '.i.; : Fmsc/i, Neu-Gwn.p. 179 (1865); Garrod, 

 P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 468, 639; ScMeg. Mus. P.-B. Columbre, p. 130 

 (1873) ; Gieb. Tlies. Orn. ii. p. 250 (1875) ; Salvad. $ D'AIb. Ann. 

 Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 836 (1875) ; Salvad. ibid. ix. pp. 43, 205, 

 n. 71 (1876) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 394 (1876) ; 

 Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xiii. p. 503 (1877); Forbes, 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 126 ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 293 

 (1878), iv. p. 101, n. 172 (1879); Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 Zool. xiv. p. 688 (1879); BAlb. Nuora Gum. p. 585 (1880); 

 Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 553 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 

 8th ed. p. 451 (1883): Sharpe, Voy. ' Alert; p. 25 (1884); Rams. 

 Tab. List, p. is. n . 546 ( 18ss i : tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 41 (1889) ; 

 L/isai/, Bull. Soc. Acclim. 1889, p. 54. 



Geopeleia humeralis, Rchnb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xxv (1852) ; id. 

 Tauben, i. p. 28, t. 250. ff. 1383-84 (1862). 



Erythrauch.ena humeralis, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 93 (1854); id. 

 Compt. Rend. xl. p. 221, n. 280 ( L855) ; id. Coup d 'veil \ Ordr. Pig. 

 p. 59, n. 280(1855); Rosenb. N. T. N. I. xxv. p. 250, n. 242 

 (1863); id. J. f. O. 1864, p. 133, n. 242; Gould, JLandb. B. 

 Austr. ii. p. 142 (1865) ; Sousa. Mus. Nac. Lisb. Colurubae, p. 23 

 (1873); Rams. P. Z. S. 1876,' p. 116; Mast. Pr. Linn. Soc. 

 N. 8. W. i. p. 59, n. 91 (1876) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 

 ii. p. 197, n. 534 (1877) ; North, Bescr. Cat. Nests $ Eqqs B. 

 Austr. v. -'77 (1889). 



Chrysaucnoena humeralis, Bp. Compt. Rend. xl. p. 210 (1854): id. 

 Coup <f a II Ordr. Pig. p. 48 (1855). 



Turtur humeralis, Schleg. De Dierent. fig. p. 207 (1864 |. 



Geopelia humilis (errore), Garr. P. Z. S. 1874. p. 256. 



Erythrauchceua humeralis, G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 2.'i(>, n. 9289 

 (1870); Masters, Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. ii. p. 275 1 L878); s„lvad. 

 Orn. Lap. e M<>1. iii. p. 159 (1882); id. Ann. Mus. do. Gen. (2) 

 ix. p. 589 ( 18! 10) : id. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xiii. p. 63 (Agg. 

 Orn. Pap. e Mol. p. 189) (1891). 



Adult male. Forehead, cheeks, neck in front and on the sides, 

 and upper breast delicate grey, paler ou the forehead and chin ; 

 occiput, back, wing-coverts, romp, and upper tail-coverts pale 

 brown ; back of the neck rufons. every feather of the upper 

 surfaco edged at the extremity by a narrow band of black, 

 giving the whole a squamated or scaled appearance : lower breast, 



