462 PERISTERID^. 



yellow; bill leaden; tarsus ashy-blue, marked with violet" (Guille- 

 mard). Total length 8*5 inches, wing 4-25, tail 4-25, bill 0-52 

 tarsus 058. 



Female, Like the male. 



Dab. Timor group — Timor, Flores, Sumbawa, Wetter, Lettie ; 

 Tenimber Islands, Ke Islands, Koohr, and doubtfully Ternate. 



a. Ad. sk. Timor ( Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Timor ( Wallace). Seebohm Coll. 



c. d,e. S 2 ad. E. Timor. Wallace Coll. 

 et ad. sk. 



f,9- d 2 a d- sk. Semao, Timor. Wallace Coll. 



h, i. Ad. sk. Flores. Wallace Coll. 



k,l. Ad. sk. Flores {Wallace). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. Solor. Wallace Coll. 



n. $ ad. sk. Larat, Timorlaut, Sept. H. O. Forbes, Esq. 



[0.]. 



<i. $ ad. sk. Larat, Timorlaut, Aug. {H. O. Tweeddale Coll. 



Forbes). 



p. 2 ad. sk. Moloe, Tenimber Is., Sept. Tweeddale Coll. 



{H. O. Forbes). 



</. $ ad. sk. Moloe, Tenimber Is., Sept. H. 0. Forbes, Esq. 



[C.]. 



r. § ad. sk. Loetoe, Tenimber Is., Aug. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(H. 0. Forbes). 



5. Geopelia cuneata. 



Grey-necked Pigeon, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. Add. p. 375 (1802). 

 Columba cuneata, Lath. Lnd. Orn. Suppl. p. lxi, n. 8 (1802) ; Vieill. 



N. D. xxvi. p. 368 (1818) ; id. Enc. Meth. i. p. 378 (1826) ; Desm. 



Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 376 (1826) : Wagl. Si/st. Av. Columba, sp. 107 



(1827) ; Less. Compl. de Buff., Ois. Viii. p. 73 (1837) ; id. op. cit. 



2nd ed. p. 289 (1838). 

 Columba niacquarie, Quoy $■ Gaim. Voy. de VJJran., Ois. p. 122, 



pi. 31 (1824) ; Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 362 (1826) ; Less. Tr. 



d'Orn. p. 474 (1831); Knip $■ Prev. Pig. ii. pi. 41 (1838-43). 

 Columba spiloptera, Vig. Zool. Journ. v. p. 275 (1830) ; Stoddart, 



P. Z. S. 1834, p. 54 ; Less. Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii. p. 80 (1837) ; 



id. op. cit. 2nd ed. p. 291 (1838). 

 Geopelia cuneata, G. P. Or. List Gallince Brit. Mus. p. 11 (1844) ; 



id. Gen. B. ii. p. 471, n. 3 (1844) ; Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 74 



(pt. xviii., 1845)"; Pchnb. Syn. Av. ff. 1387-89, 1478-79 (1847) ; 



id. Vbq. Neuholl. p. 322, n. 437 (1850) ; G. P. Gr. List B. Brit. 



Mus. Columbte, p. 37 (1856) ; Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columbfe, p. 133 



(1873) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. ii. p. 250 (1875) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. 



N. S. W. ii. p. 196, n. 537 (1877); Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. 



p. 553 (1882) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. p. 54 (1883) ; 



Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 450 (1883) ; Rams. Tab. List, p. 18, 



n. 549 (1888) ; Brisay, Bull. Soc. Acclim. 1889, p. 52 ; Tristr. Cat. 



Coll.B.y.4] (1889); Hartert, Kat. Voyelmmml. p. 185 (1891). 

 Stictopeleia cuneata, Rchnb. Av. Si/st. Nat. p. xxv (1852) ; id. 



Tauben, i. p. 29, t. 250. ff. 1387-89, t. 265. ff. 1478-79 (1862) ; 



G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 326, n. 9290 (1870). 

 Stictopelia cuneata, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 95 (1854) ; id. Compt. Rend. 



xl. pp. 21, 221, n. 285 (1855) ; id. Coup d'ceil Ordre Pig. pp. 49, 



