COLUMBID^. 208 



■ near which place he shot it on the 3rd of September, 3 862. Mr. 

 Atmore recently forwarded another specimen from the Long Kloof 

 (Sept., 1865). 



514. Peristera Larvata. (Temm.) Pigeons, t. si ; 

 La Tourterelle d Masque Blanc, Le A^ail., 269 ; 

 Columha Erythrothorax, Temm. Pig., t. 7 ? Cinnamon- 

 Dove of Colonists. 



General colour above, dark-browo ; back of the neck and 

 head vinaceous, iridescent, with a beautiful coppery- green ; 

 forehead, top of head, and throat, white ; under parts vinace- 

 ous, inclining to rufous on the belly and vent, and iridescent 

 on the breast, with a coppery gloss ; tail-feathers above, with 

 the exception of the two central pair, cinereous-brown; 

 cinereous on the tips, below the same, but the brown is 

 darker, the cinereous lighter ; thighs brown. Length, 10|"; 

 wing, 6i"; tail, 3" 9"'. 



Not uncommon about Ronde'bosch, near Cape Town. Found also 

 plentifully at the Knysna. Keeps to wooded places, and feeds on 

 berries. I have not yet obtained its nest. 



Besides the species here enumerated, four other pigeons are spoken 

 of by Le Vaillant as being found in South Africa ; of these, two are 

 natives respectively of Mauritius and Madagascar, and the remaining 

 two of Le Vaillant's imagination. It is very improbable that the two 

 former ever reached the Cape ; certain it is that if they did so in Le 

 Vaillant's time, when the colony was in the charming state of nature 

 and innocence personified by the lovely Narina, they have deserted 

 it in disgust in these present days of refinement and crinoline. I 

 include them in this catalogue, however, for the reasons already given. 



515. Columba Francise, Lath. , Shaw, Vol. 1 1, p. 



3 ; Le Ramier Herisse, Le Vail., No. 267 ; Columba 

 Jubata, Wagler ; A ledroena Nitidissima, Bp. 

 General colour, indigo-blue; head, neck, and throat covered 

 with stiff white feathers ; tail red. 



Le Vaillant states that he procured five of these birds in Great 

 Namaqualand ; but Sundevall doubts this, and says that the species 

 has not been found except in Mauritius. I have never heard of any- 

 thing like the bird being seen in South Africa. 



516. Carpophaga (?) Madagascariensis, 



Gmel., Temm., Pig. t., 1 7 ; Columba Madagascariensis, 

 Shaw, Vol. 11, p. 9 ; C. Phoenicura, Wagler ; Le Ra- 

 mier Founingo, LeVail, No. 266 ; Cuv., Vol. 8, p. 80. 

 General colour throughout (with the exception of the tail, 

 which is red), dark indigo-blue, with a violet lustre. 



Le Vaillant states that this species arrives in Kafiraria in the montli 

 of February, from the Island of Madaga»car ; but that, being very shy, 



