AYES. 437 



Sp. Columba nicobarka L., Buff. PL enl. ^gi i—CoIumla cruenta Gm., 

 SoNNER. Voyage a la Nouv. Quin. PI. 20, ■21, Cdv. R. AnL, ed. ill, Ots. 

 PI. 66, fig. I. 



Geo2)haps Gould. Bill vaulted, with culmen obtuse, inflated at 

 the tip, somewhat obtuse. Tarsi strong, covered anteriorly with 

 large transverse scutes. Tail rounded. Wings with second and 

 third quills longest. 



Sp. Cohmha scrlpta Temm. PI. color. 187; — Coluniba plumifera Gould; 

 species from Australia ; the last species is small, and differs from the com- 

 mon form of the doves by its large head, thick bill, and whole habitus. 



Phaps Gould. Bill slender, substraight. Tarsi shorter than 

 middle toe, naked. Tail long, rounded. Wings with second, third 

 and fourth quills subequal, third longest of all. 

 Sp. Coluniba leucotis Temm., PI. col. 189; Lugon, &c. 



JVote. — Add sub-genu3 Chalcophaps GouLD, scarcely distinct. 



Chamcepdia Swains. Bill slender. Tarsi shorter than middle 

 toe, margiuate externally with a line of short plumes. Wings with 

 second, third and fourth quills longest of all, subequal. Tail mode- 

 rate, rounded. 



Sp. Columba passerina L., Buff. PI. enl. 243, fig. i ; — Columba minuta L., 

 Buff. ibid. fig. 2 ; very small species from America, resembling turtle- 

 doves, of the size of a goldfinch. 



Geojjelia Swains. Bill slendei-. Tarsi equal in length to middle 

 toe. Wings with third and foui'th quills longest. Tail elongate, 

 graduated, 



Sp. Columba humeralis Temm., PI. color. 191; — Columba lopkotes {Ocypkaps 

 Gould, Gbat) PI. col. 142, Australia. 



'Turtur Selby (JPeristera Boie). Bill slender. Tarsi almost 

 equalling middle toe in length, naked up to heel. Inner toe longer. 

 Wings with second and third, or third and fourth quills longest of 

 all. Tail moderate, rounded or even. 



Sp. Columba Turtur L., Buff, PI. enl. 394; Naumann Taf. 152; the turtle- 

 dove, migratory; — Columba risoria L., BuFF. PI. enl. 244; originally from 

 Africa, but now dispersed everywhere as a house-bird; — Col. cmerea 

 Temm. PI. col. 260 {Periste^-a Gray), Brasil, &c. 



iVofe.— Add sub-genera Peristera (Swains, previously) Gray, Zenaicla 

 BoNAP., Gray, 



