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502. Treron Delalandi ; Bp. Consp., ii., 6. 



Forehead, top of head, and back, dull green; back of head 

 cinereous ; chin, throat, chest, collar round the neck, and 

 thighs, bright yellow ; lower portion of breast, and belly, 

 light cinereous ; the same colour extends in a ring over the 

 back, just under the broad yellow collar ; vent white, with 

 dark cinereous blotches; under tail-coverts deep red, with 

 white blotches ; tail above, basal two-thirds greenish-yellow ; 

 the rest dark cinereous ; below, basal two-thirds very dark; 

 and dirty whitish ; shoulders slightly vinaceous. the usual 

 yellow edging to the lesser quills and some of the v^'ing- 

 covers. Length, 11" 6'" ; wing, 7"; tail, 4". 



A single specimen of this bird was received from Eaffraria. 



503. Treron AustraliS. (Linn.) Steph. Jard. and 



Selby, Illus. Orn., t. 81. ; Vinago Nudirostris ?■ Swain, 



Nat. Lib., Vol. 11., p. 205. 



Head, neck, throat, breast, and belly, light yellowish-green ; 

 indistinct collar at back of neck, flanks, and tail-feathers, 

 cinereous, the latter with tips palest ; back and wings rather 

 darker, with a distinct greeni.sh tinge ; shoulders vinaceous ; 

 the edging of the lesser quills and wing-coverts very pale- 

 yellow ; thighs bright-yellow ; vent white, blotched vvith 

 cinereous ; tail-coverts partly white, partly deep-red ; basal 

 two-thirds of tail very dark ; the rest almost white. Length, 

 11" ; wing, 6i" ; tail, 41". 



This accords in many ways with Swainson's T. Nudirostris, the 

 type specimen of which I have seen in the Cambridge Museum ; but 

 is larger. It was procured in Damaraland by Mr. D. Kisch, who has 

 contributed largely to the specimens in the Museum. I am ignorant 

 of the sex. 



504. Treron Abyssinica. (Lath.) Tem. Pigeons, 



t. 8 ; Ze Colomhar, Le Vail., Nos. 276, 277 ; Cuv., 



Vol. 3, p. 93 ; Vinago Abyssinica, Swain. Nat. Lib., 



Vol. 11, p. 202. 



Head, neck, and breast, light olivaceous grey; body be- 

 neath yellow ; wing-covers vinaceous ; under tail-covers cin- 

 namon ; back green ; a bright yellow line, formed by the 

 edges of some of the covers and lesser quills, extends down 

 the wing ; tail above, light cinereous ; beneath with the basal 



