24. geophaps. 531 



24. GE0PHAP3. 



Type. 



(!i'(i]ili;i]i<, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 19; id. B. Ai/str. v. 



pis. 67-69 (pt. vii., 1842) G. scripta. 



Ritiuje. Confined to Australia. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Larger, wing 6 inches; breast grey; upper wing- 



coverts tipped with pale brown scripta, p. 531. 



b. Smaller, wing 5"3 inches ; breast pale brown, with 



only a small grey patch in the middle : upper wing- 

 coverts uniform brown smithi, p. 532. 



1. Geophaps scripta. 



Columba scripta, Temm. Tr. Linn. Soo. xiii. p. 127(1821); id. PI. 



Col. 187 (livr. 32, 1823); Steph. Gen. Zool. xiv. p. 284 (1826); 



Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 333 (1826) ; Less. Compl. de Puff., 



Ois. viii. p. 78 (1837) ; id. op. cit, 2nd ed. p. 290 (1838) ; Prev. $ 



Snip, Pig. ii. p. 63, pi. 33 (1838-43). 

 Columba iuscripfa, Wagl. Syst. Av. Columba, sp. 59 (1827). 

 Peristera scripta, Siv. Class. B. ii. p. 349 (1837). 

 Geophaps scripta, Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 67 (pt. vii., 1842) ; G. R. Gr. 



Gen. B. ii. p. 478, n. 2 (1845) ; Lichnb. Syn. Av. ff. 1463-64 (1847); 



id. Voi/. Xeultol/. sp. 429 ( 1 800 ) ; ill. A r. .Si/st. Nat. p. xxv, t. xxiii. 



(1852); Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 87(1854); id. Corrupt. Rend. xl. 



pp. 206, 221, n. 259 (1855) ; id. Coup Waal Ordre Pit/, pp. 45, 59, 



n. 259 (1855) : Zuchold, J.f. O. 1858, p. 40 (from Moreton Bay to 



Comet River) ; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 41. t. 2(12. If. 1463-64 (1862); 



Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 130(1865) ; Rams. Ibis, lsi;6. p. 333 



(Port Denison); G. 11. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 246, n. 9434 (1870); 



Sundev. Tent. p. 100 (1872) ; Sousa, Mas. Nac. Lisb. Columbae, 



p. 22 (1873) ; Rams. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 116 (N.E. Queensland) ; id. 



Pr. Linn. Sue. N. S. II'. i. p. 183 (1876), ii. p. 195, n. 527 (1878) ; 



8ah>. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 552 (1882) ; Rams. Tab. List. p. 18, 



n. 539 (lsss) : Tristr. Cat. Coll, Ii. p. 4(1 ( L889) : Benn. Bee. Austr. 



Mas. i. pp. 107. 108 ( 1-91 ) : Selat. P. Z. S. 1*92, pp. 76, 77. 

 Goura scripta. Schleg. De Dierent. p. 209 (1864). 

 Phaps scripts, Schleg. Mas. l'.-Il. Qolumbse, p. 155 (1873) (tvpe!): 



Gieb. Thes. Orn. i'ii. p. 91 (1877). 



Adult male. Head, all the upper surface, and chest light brown, 

 the tip> of the upper wing-coverts much paler; throat and cheeks 

 white; lores black, a band from over the eyes to the sides of the 

 occiput and another under the eyes black, like a third band which 

 starts from the middle of the cheeks and passing under the white ear- 

 coverts joins another black band which surrounds the throat undi r- 

 neath ; over the black lores a whitish band: forehead slightly 

 tinged with grey ; lower breast grey; sides of the breast white; 

 abdomen, vent, and flanks of a fawn-colour; under tail-coverts 

 dark grey, edged with fawn-colour ; outer webs of inner greater 



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