17. CHALCOPELIA. 



509 



white : bill uniform dark brown. Total length about 7 - 5 inches, 

 wing 4-3-4, tail 3-3-3-2, bill 5-5, tarsus 07. 



Hub. The whole of Africa south of about 17° N. lat. 



C. chalcospilos, with golden-green metallic spots on the wings, 

 has been considered as a distinct species by many ornithologists ; 

 Capt. Shelley regards it only as a variety of the bird with steel-blue 

 spots, both having been collected in the same localities. Mr. An- 

 derson says that the bird with the green spots is the male, and the 

 one with tho purplish spots is the female. 



It seems that by mistake this bird has been stated to live in 

 Teneriffe, where most likely it has been confounded either with 

 Turtur senegaleiisis or T. turtur. 



Blue-spotted variety. 



/. Ad. sk. 



(Kirk). 

 Zambesi (MeUar), 



Dr. RendaU [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Rev. H. J. Ansell 



[P.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



J. J. Monteiro [C.]. 

 India Museum [P. I. 

 Purchased. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



rcj. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



raj 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



