7. SCARDAFELLA. 463 



59, n. 285 (1855); Gould, Handb. B. Austr.W. p. 140(1865); 

 Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columbse, p. 23 (1873); North, Descr. 

 Cat. Nests $■ Eggs />'. Austr. p. 279 (1889). 

 Turtur cuneatus, Schleg. De Dierent. p. 207 (1864). 



Adult wale. Head, neck, and breast delicate grey, passing into 

 white on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; nape, back, and 

 scapularies pale brown ; wing-coverts dark grey, each feather and 

 also the scapularies with two white spots, encircled with black, 

 near the edge of the tip ; primary-coverts and primaries brown, the 

 latter rufous cinnamon on their inner webs for two thirds of their 

 length ; under wing-coverts delicate grey ; four central tail-feathers 

 grey, the remainder greyish black at the base and pure white for 

 the remainder of their length : " irides in some instances bright 

 red, and the naked skin round the eyes light scarlet ; in others the 

 irides and naked skin round the eyes are pale greenish yellow ; bill 

 dark olive-brown ; feet reddish flesh-colour in some instances, in 

 others yellowish r ' (Gould). Total length about 7'5 inches, wing 

 3-7, tail 4, bill 0-42, tarsus 0-5. 



Female. Smaller than the male; back of the head, neck, and 

 upper surface browner, and the spots on the wings larger. 



Hah. Australia, except Cape York and Rockingham Bay. 



a, b. Ad. st. et Australia. Sir T. Mitchell [P.]. 



sk. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Australia (J. T. Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Australia (J. T. Cockerell). Tweeddale Coll. 



f. 2 ad. sk. N.W. Australia, May. J. R. Elsey, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 ;/. Ad. st. Mokai, Australia. Gould Coll. 



Ii. Ad. sk. Yarrundi, Australia. Gould Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. S. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



k, I, m. Ad. sk. S. Australia, Capt. Sturt, R.N. 



[PI- 

 ». Ad. sk. Gould Coll. 



o. d 1 skeleton. Zool. Society's Coll. 



7. SCARDAFELLA. 



Type. 



Scardafella, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 85 (1845) S. squamosa. 



Micropelia, Heine, Nomencl. Mas. Hein. Orn. p. 283 



( 1890) S. squamosa. 



Range. From the southern border of the United States and 

 Mexico, through Central America to Brazil. 



Key to the Swedes. 



a. A white patch on the wing-coverts and second- 

 aries ; abdomen and crissum white; black cres- 

 rentic bars very heavy squamosa, p. 404. 



/'. No white patch on the win^s ; abdomen and 

 crissum pale buff; black bars very faint on 

 breast, obsolete on throat inca, p. 465. 



