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PEKISTERID.E. 



especially on the sides, and under tail-coverts pale vinous ; centre 

 of the abdomen white ; quills aud primary-coverts brown, cinnamon, 

 except their tips, on the inner webs ; also the under wing-coverts 

 cinnamon ; central tail-feathers greyish brown, the remainder 

 rufous-chestnut tipped with white, the outer web greyer on the 

 inner feathers : " irides ochre-yellow ; bill and nostrils delicate 

 mealy light blue ; naked skin round the eye mealy purple ; legs 

 and feet pink-red " {Gould). Total length 11 inches, wing 5-5, 

 tail 5-5, bill 0*7, tarsus 1. 



Female. Like the male, only the grey of the breast darker and 

 duller. 



Jlah. Australia except the south-west, and Southern New 

 Guinea. 



a. $ ad. sk. 



h. $ ad. sk. 

 c, d. $ ad. sk. 

 c. Ad. sk. 



Thursday Isl., Torres Straits, Voy. H.M.S. ' Alert. ' 



June (Dr. Coppinger). 

 Friday Isl., Torres Straits, Voy. H.M.S. 'Alert.' 



July (Dr. Coppinger), 

 Horn Isl., Torres Straits, "Voy. H.M.S. 'Alert.' 



July (Dr. Coppinger). 



Adelaide E., Port Darwin. 



f,g, h. Ad. 



ad. sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 



k, I. Ad. st. 



st. et N.W. Australia. 



m, n. Ad. sk. 

 ©. Juv. sk. 

 p. $ ad. sk. 

 q. Ad. sk. 

 r. J ad. sk. 



s. $ a d- sk. 

 t. Ad. sk. 



u. Ad. sk. 



v. Skull. 



N.W. Australia. 



Port Essington. 



Cape York. 



Cape York. 



Cape York. 



Port Albany (C. Coxen). 



Port Curtis, Queensland, 



April (Dr. Coppinger). 

 More ton Isl., Oct. (J. 



McGiUivray). 

 East coast of Australia. 



Australia (J. T. Cockerell). 



2. 



P. W. Bassett Smith, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 Sir C. Grey [P.]. 



Capt. Bowyer Bower, 



LP-]- T 



Capt. Y\ . Chambers, 



r>.]. 



Gould Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 • Challenger ' Exped. 

 Tw eeddale Coll. 

 Voy. H.M.S. ' Alert.' 



Voy. H.M.S. 'Rattle- 

 snake.' 



Linneau Soc. Coll. 

 (Type of species.) 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Voy. H.M.S. 'Rattle- 

 snake.' 



Geopelia tranquilla. 



Geopelia placida, Gould, P. Z. S. 1841, p. 55 * (Port Essington) ; 

 id. B. Austr. i. Introd. p. lxxi, sp. 43G (181-?); Rchnb. Vbg. 

 Neuholl. p. 322, n. 43b' (1850); Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 95 (1854); 

 id. Compt. Rend. xl. pp. 210, 221, n. 28:5 (1855); id. Coup doeil 

 Ordre Pig. pp. 48, 59, n. 283 (1855) ; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 28 (1862) ; 

 Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 145 (1865) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, 

 ii. p. 236, n. 9288 (1870); Gieb. Thes. Om. ii. p. 250 (1875); 

 Rams. Pr. Linn. 'Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 394 (1870), ii. p. 196, n. 536 

 (1877); Mast. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 275 (1877) (Port 



* Although the name G. plaoida has the priority of one page over 67. tran- 

 quil'a, I prefer the latter, which has been more frequently used and applies to 

 the larger bird. 



