19. C.VL0PELU. 523 



Key to the Species. 



General plumage cinnamon ; head cobalt-blue; uo dark 

 bands on the rump ; tail much rounded or gradu- 

 ated ; 1st primary equal to the 6th ; :2nd, 3rd, and 

 4th nearly equal and the longest. 



a. Spots on the wings metallic green purlin, p. 523. 



b. Spots on the wings golden coppery bre/tmeri, p. 524. 



1. Calopelia puella. 



Columba (Peristera) puella, Schley. Bijdr. tot de Dicrk. 1848, p. 17, 

 pi. — ; Ilartl. Beitr. Orn. Westafr. 1850, p. 37, sp. 385. 



Peristera puella, Rchnb. Syn. Av. Columbaria-, Novit. t. 245. f. 2593 

 (1851); Hartl. J. f. 0. 1854, p. 208, 1855, p. 301 ; Cass. Pi: Ac. 

 Philad. 1866, p. 321 (Cape Lopez); Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. pp. 198, 

 27") ; Cass. Pr. Ac. Philad 1 859, p. 143 (Camtna, Ogobai, and Muni 

 Rivers) ; Sharpe, Ibis. 1869, p. 387 (Fantee) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. 

 Columbre, p. 134 (1873) ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 71 (Gold Coast |. 



Peristera pulcbella, Schleg. (ubi?) fide Bp. Cony). Av. ii. p. 08 

 (1854) ; id. Compt. Rend. s\. p. 20 (1855) ; id. Coup d'osil Ordre 

 Pig. p. 83 (1855). 



Chalcopelia puella, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 68 (1854) ; id. Compt. Bend. 

 xl. pp. 19, 219, n. 201 (1855); id. Coup cPceil Ordre Pig. pp. 33, 

 57, n. 201 (1855) ; G.R. Gr. Hand-list. ii. p. 244, n. 941*0 (1870) ; 

 Shell. Ibis. 1883, p. 321 ; Sdat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 458 

 (1883); Hein. fy Rchnu: Nomencl. Mm. Hem. Orn. p. 285 (1890). 



Chalcopeleia puella, Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 79, t. 245. f. 2593 (1862), 

 ii. p. 170 (1862). 



Turtur puellus, Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 727 (1877). 



Ilaplopelia puella, Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 40 (1889). 



Adult male. General plumage cinnamon, somewhat darker on the 

 upper parts ; head and upper part of the neck cobalt-blue, paler on 

 the forehead and throat ; lores black : lower part of the neck shaded 

 with vinous ; several metallic golden-green spots on the inner 

 greater wing-coverts and inner secondaries ; quills pale brown, with 

 tne inner webs towards the base cinnamon, like the under wing- 

 coverts ; six central tail-feathers uniform cinnamon, the three outer 

 pairs cinnamon at the tip, with a black subterminal black band, 

 and with the base more or less grey ; the outer tail-feathers have no 

 cinnamon colour on the outer web, except at the tip : " iris brown : 

 bill dusky slate-colour, inclining to yellow towards the tip ; legs 

 brown " {Shelley). Total length about 10 - 5 inches, wing 5*2, 

 tail 4-0, bill 0-6, tarsus 0'95. 



Female. Apparently similar to the male, but perhaps smaller. 



The immature bird has some of the scapulars, wing-coverts, and 

 secondaries barred with black. 



Hah. W. Africa, from the Gold Coast to the Gaboon. 



a. Ad. sk. Sierra Leone (Dr. Clark). Shellev Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. Gold Coast. Gould" Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Cape Coast Castle. Tweeddale Coll. 



