PERISTERID.E. 



n. 257 (1855); Bolle, J. f. 0. 1856, p. 166; Zuchold, J. f. O. 

 1858, p. 40; Bennett, Gath. of a Natural, in Austral, p. 169 

 (1860) ; Pelz. Sitzb. h. Ahad. Wissensch. xli. p. 326 (1800) ; Leynest. 

 Ibis, 1861, p. 172; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 44, t. 262. ff. 1457-58 

 (1862), ii. p. 166 (1862) ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 120 (1865) ; 

 Sclat. P. Z. S. 1809, p. 628 ; Hutt. Ibis, 1870, p. 397 (X. Zealand, 

 introduced) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 246, n. 9431 (1870) ; Sundev. 

 Tent. p. 100 (1872) ; Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Columba?, p. 22 

 (1873) : Pelz. Ibis, 1873, p. 35 (one of the types ?) ; Bams. P. Z. S. 

 1876, p. 116 ; id. Tr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 183 (1876), ii. p. 195, 

 n. 523 (1878); Salo. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 551 (1882); Sclat. 

 List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 461 (1883) ; Goodchild, P. Z. 8. 1886, 

 p. 195 ; Pelz. Sf Lorenz, Ann. Naturh. Hofmus. iii. p. 49 (1888) ; 

 Rams. Tab. List, p. 18, n. 535 (1888) ; North, Nests $ Eggs B. 

 Austr. p. 272 (1889) ; Hein. $- Rchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. 

 p. 286 (1893) : Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. p. 189 (1891). 



Phaps (Leucosarcia) picata, Blyth, Cut. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 238, 

 n. 1442 (1849). 



Goura picata, Schleg. Be Dierent. p. 208 (1864). 



Leptoptila picata, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbae, p. 163 (1873). 



Leucosarcia picta (errore), Garrod, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 253. 



Adult male. Upper parts, -wings, and tail lead-grey ; forehead and 

 chin white ; lores black ; a whitish ill-defined line under the eyes 

 and on the upper ear-coverts ; cheeks light grey, gradually passing 

 into the dark grey lead-colour of the breast, the latter interrupted 

 by a broad semicircular white band, which encircles the middle part 

 of the breast ; middle of the lower breast white ; feathers of the 

 sides and abdomen with triangular black spots near the extremity 

 and broadly edged with white ; under tail-coverts brown, tinged 

 with buff, particularly on the inner web, and broadly edged with 

 whitish ; quills brown ; under wing-coverts dark grey, with whitish 

 edges ; tail above like the upper parts ; the three or four outer 

 feathers tipped with white : " irides very dark brown, surrounded 

 by a narrow pink-red lash ; tip of the bill purplish black ; base of 

 the bill and the fleshy operculum covering the nostrils pink-red ; 

 legs and feet pink-red" (Gould). Total length about 15 inches, 

 wing 8*4, tail 5-75, bill 0-75, tarsus 1*6. 



Young. Similar to the adult, only browner on the wing, and with- 

 out the dark centres to the feathers of the sides. 



Bab. Eastern Australia, from Rockingham Bay, through the 

 interior, to Victoria. 



a. Ad. st. Australia. 



b. Juv. st. Bred in confinement. 



c. Ad. sk. Australia. 



d. Ad. sk. Australia. 



e,f, g. Ad. sk. Australia (J. T. Cockerell). 



h. Skeleton. Australia. 



Zoological Society's 



Coll. 

 Zoological Societv's 



Coll. 

 A. Cunningham, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



