27. HAPLOFELIA. 



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Subfamily VI. GEOTRYGONIN.E. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Primaries very broad and not tapering to 



a point 27. Haplopelia, p. 537. 



b. Primaries rather narrow, and more or less 



tapering to a point. 

 «'. First primary attenuated at the tip. 

 a". Tail more than half the length of the 



wing 28. Leptoptila, p. 543. 



b". Tail shorter than half the length of 



■wing 29. Osculatia, p. 5G3. 



b' . First primary not attenuated at the tip, 

 except in Phloffcenas (?) hoedti. 

 c". Tarsus covered anteriorly with trans- 

 verse scales or scutellae. 

 a"'. Tail-feathers less than 20. 



a 1 . Tail rather short, less than the 

 distance from the bend of the 

 •wing to the tip of the second- 

 aries. 



a 5 . Tail of 12 feathers 30. Geotrygox, p. 564. 



b\ Tail of 14 feathers 31. Phlogcexas, p. 583. 



b x . Tail rather long, more than the 

 distance from the bend of the 

 wing to the tip of the second- 

 aries. 

 c 5 . Tarsus very little longer than 



the middle toe 32. Leucosarcia, p. G07. 



d'. Tarsus double the length of 

 the middle toe without the 



nail 33. Eutrygox, p. 609. 



V". Tail-feathers 20 34. Otidiphaps, p. 610. 



d". Tarsus covered anteriorly with small 

 hexagonal scales or scutellre ; a black 

 gular patch bordered below with 

 white 35. Starxcexas, p. 612. 



27. HAPLOPELIA. 



Type. 



Aplopelia, Bp. Consp. Ai: ii. p. 66 (1854) II. lurvata. 



Ilaplupeleia, Rchnb. Taubcn, i. p. 76 (1862) (= Aplopelia, 



Bp.). 



Sericopelia, Rchnb, luuben, i. p. , < (1^62) II. larvata. 



Haplopelia, Sundeii Meth. nat. Av. disp. Tent, p. 100 



(1872). 



Range. Ethiopian ltegion. 



