6. GEOPELIA. 457 



Darwin) ; Rams. op. cit. iii. pp. 104, 293 (Hall Sound) (1878), 

 iv. p. 101 (1879) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 450 (1883) ; 

 Rams. Tub. List, p. 18, n. 548 (1888) ; Brisay, Bull. Soc. Acclim. 

 1889, p. 53 ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 41 (1889). 



Geopelia tranquilla, Gould, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 56 (interior of New S. 

 Wales ) ; id. Ii. Austr. v. pi. 73 (part xix., 1845) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. 

 B. App. p. 23 (1849) ; Bli/tk, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 235, n. 1426 

 (1849) ; Rchnb. Vbg. Neuholl. p. 321, n. 435 (1850) ; Bp. Consp.Av. ii. 

 p. 94 (1854) ; id. Corrupt. Rend. xl. pp. 210, 221, n. 282 (1855) ; id. 

 ( 'oup Wail Ordr. Pig. pp. 48, 59, n. 2S2 (1855) ; G. R. Gr. List B. 

 Brit. Mus. Columbse, p. 37 1 1856) ; Elsey, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 27 ; 

 Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 144 (1865) ; Pelz. Novara Reise, 

 Vbg. p. 109 (1805) ; Rams. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 387 ; G. R. Gr. Hand- 

 list, ii. p. 236, n. 9287 (1870); Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columba?, 

 p. 131 (1873): Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbse, p. 24(1873); 

 Gieb. T/ies. Orn. ii. p. 250 (1875) ; Rams. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 116 ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. pp. 43. 205, n. 72 (1876) ; Forbes, 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 126 (Cape York); V Alb. Nuova Guin. p. 585 

 (1880) ; Forbes, Vbg. Challeng., Birds, p. 91 (1881) ; Salvad. Orn. 

 Pap.e Mol. ii. p. 154 (1882) ; Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll.-p.6SS 

 (1882) ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 450 (1883) : Rams. Pr. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. p. 54 (1883); Finsch. Vbg. d. Siidsee, 

 pp. 29, 39 (1884) ; Sharpe, Toy. ' Alert,' p. 25 (1884) ; Rams. 

 Tab. List, p. 18, n. 547 (1«SS) ■ Xorth, Descr. Cat. Nests fy Eggs 

 B. Austr. p. 278 (1889) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 41 (1889) ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) ix. p. 539 (1890), x. p. 826 (1891) ; id. 

 Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 63 (Ac/q. Orn. Pap. e Mol. 

 p. 189) (1891); Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. p. 185 (1891). 



Geopelia tranquilla, Rchnb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xxv (1852) ; id. Tauben, 

 i. p. 27, t. 265. ff. 1476-77 (1862). 



Geopelia placida (pallida*), G.R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbse, 

 p. 37 (1856). 



Adult male. Forehead, cheeks, and throat grey ; occiput, back, 

 ami wings ashy browu, each feather with a band of velvety black 

 at the extremity ; neck all round with numerous narrow white and 

 black bands, whiter in front ; breast and sides delicate pale vinous ; 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; winglet and primary- 

 coverts blackish, quills brown, whitish rufous at the base of the 

 inner webs ; under wing-coverts chestnut ; four central tail-feathers 

 ashy brown, the remainder black, largely tipped with white : " irides 

 light ashy grey ; bill and orbits bright greyish blue, becoming 

 much paler before and behind the eye ; frontal scales of the tarsi 

 and feet dark greenish grey : remainder of the legs and feet reddish 

 flesh-colour" (Gould). Total length about 8*75 inches, wing 4, 

 tail 4-75, bill 0-62, tarsus 0-62. 



Hob. Australia. 



«. Ad. st. Australia. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Adelaide R., Port Darwin. P. W. Bassett Smith, 



Esq. [P.]. 



* I suppose this trinomial originated from Mr. Gray having misunderstood 

 Bonaparte, who. after alluding to Geopelia placida (Conep. Av. ii. p. 95), asked 

 " Quid Columba pallida, Lath. ? " 



