510 



PERISTERIB^E . 



a. $ ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 



y. 2 ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 

 2, A. Ad. sk. 



I. tf ad. sk. 



m. 5 ad. sk. 



n. 2 ad- sk. 



o. 2 ad. sk. 

 ^?, §«. J ad. sk. 

 r. Ad. sk. 



.s. Juv. st. 

 t. 2 ad. sk. 

 h. Skeleton. 



Green-spotted variety. 



Efat, Abyssinia, April. 

 Manda Is. 



Masailand. 



Lamo (Kirk). 

 Dar-es-Salaam (Kirk). 

 Ushambala Hills, Pangani R. 



{Kirk). 

 Ndi, Teita, July. 

 Lower Shire Valley. 

 Tette. 



Swaziland, July ( T. E. Buck- 

 ley). 



Lehtaba, Umzeila Country, 

 June. 



Pinetown, Natal, March (G. 

 E. &). 



Durban, March (G. E. 8.). 



Durban (T. L. Ay res). 



Cape. 



Cape. 



W. Africa (Du Chaillu). 



India Museum. 



F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.I 

 H.C.V. Hunter, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Dr. Hildebrandt [C.]. 

 Earl Russell [P.]. 

 Livingstone's Expe- 

 dition [C.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Gurney Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



G. Campbell, Esq. 

 [PA 



Dr. Krauss [C.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Zoological Society's 

 Coll. 



18. CHALCOPHAPS. 



Type. 



Peristera, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 471 (1831) (nee Siv., 



1827) C. indica. 



Chalcophaps, Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 62 (pt. xiii., 



1843) C. chrysochlora. 



Monornis, Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844) . . C. indica. 



Banye. From India and the Burmese Countries through the 

 Malay Archipelago to Australia ; also New Caledonia, New Hebrides, 

 and Lord Howe Island. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Middle of the back and scapulars golden 

 green like the upper wing-coverts. 

 a'. Head entirely vinous, with no white . chjysocAlora „ S11< 

 forehead or superciliary stripes .... * hireruiis £ 513 . 



b. Forehead and superciliary stripes white. ■ J r 



a". Crown, occiput, and hind neck vinous, sanyhirensis tf , p. 513. 

 b". Crown, occiput, and hind neck dark , i n( n ca j p 514 



. wJ^T?? CO i° U i • ■ V ■ ■ j -f " * stalls d, p. 520. 



c . White of the forehead and superciliary ' r 



stripes not very distinct. 

 e". Upper tail-coverts dark brown cinna- 

 mon, edged with black ; central tail- 

 feathers dark brown i?idica 2 , P- 514. 



