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orientalis (Lath.). Eleven. 36,39. Northern India (Nepaul; Mhow, 
March). China (Chusan, January). Loochoo Islands, January. China 
Sea (Lat. 33° N., Long. 127°30 E., October). Japan (Nagasaki, January, 
February ; Chiusenze, January ; Nikko, April). 
lugens (Ltiipp.). One. Abyssinia. 
[8. Homopelia, Salvad.}. 
picturatus (Zemm.). Six. 3¢,29. Madagascar (Mohambo, September ; 
Ankefana, February). Bourbon (Plaine des Palmistes, January). 
The specimen from Bourbon is very markedly distinct from those from Madagas- 
car, and may possibly prove to be a distinct species. The whole under surface 
is white with a slight tinge of grey on the upper breast, and with the flanks 
grey, but with no tinge of vinous on the breast or elsewhere. The head is light 
grey, lighter than in 7’. pictwratus, of the same colour as lower back, upper tail- 
coverts and tail, the latter of which is tipped and edged with brown; under 
surface of the tail as in 7’. picturatus ; mantle, upper back, scapulars, and inner 
wing-coverts terra cotta merging into whitish grey on the lower neck ; prim- 
aries, secondaries, outer and lower wing-coverts brownish grey, the primaries 
and secondaries tipped and margined with whitish, the coverts bordered with 
the colour of the mantle ; under surface of the wing grey ; bill without the light 
tip of 7. picturatus; iris pearl; size as in 7. picturatus. We find that Dr. Ridg- 
way (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xviii. pp. 512, 513, 1896) has provisionally given the 
name J'urtur abbotti to a bird from the Seychelles, which seems to answer to the 
above description. 
comorensis, L. Newt. 
aldabranus, Sclat. 
coppingeri, Sharpe. 
saturatus, Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 600 (1893). 
“Similar to 7. aldabranus, Sclater, but much darker ; the whole back rich purplish 
chocolate, the head, neck, and chest similar, but slightly paler; light coloured 
tips to rectrices more restricted and more tinged with grey (wholly grey in adult 
female); adult male with sides of neck distinctly glossed with green.” (Ridgway). 
‘Bill whitish horn at tip, cere and base livid purple ; feet livid purple in front, 
leaden behind.” (Abbott). Habitat. Amirante Group (Ile Poivre; Ile Alphonse ?). 
rostratus, Bp. Four. Seychelles (Cousin; Marianne). 
rodericanus (Milne-Edw.). (Fossil). 
Ly. Streptopelia, Bp.]. 
risorius (Linn.). Seven. 2 9, jr. 
semitorquatus (Miipp.). Six. 2¢, 9. West Africa (Fantee; Gambia, 
Bathurst, October; British Combo, Barcote, April). Central Africa 
(Nyassaland, Zomba). South Africa (Port Natal, May). 
shelleyi, Salvad. 
ambiguus, Boc. (= 7. decipiens, Hartl. Tristr. Cat. Coll. Birds, p. 38). One. 
6. Central Africa (Kana, June). 
This is the only specimen of this species in the Collection. The specimen from 
Sobat, mentioned by Count Salvadori (Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 420) was 
not in the Tristram Collection when taken over. 
perspicillatus, Fisch. & Rehnw. 
decipiens, Finsch & Hartl. 
bitorquatus (Zemm.). Three. 9. Java (Bantam, Genteng Lebak, April). 
Flores. 
The Flores bird bears out Count Salvadori’s remarks (Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus. xxi. 
p- 422) as to the presence of a grey wash on the under tail-coverts ; in addition 
ae a wing 4 inch longer than the Javan specimen and a slightly more robust 
dussumieri (Z¢mm.). Two. Philippine Islands (South Luzon, Manilla). 
capicola (Sundev.). Five. 2 ¢. South Africa (Transvaal: Rustenberg, 
August ; De Kaap, Fig Tree Creek, July). 
