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metallic lilac and green; the tail has a narrow pale end, most 
perceptible from beneath. Under surface—crop and chest vinous, 
shading into slate colour on the sides of the body, abdomen, and 
under wing and tail-coverts; towards the junction of the vinous and 
slate colours the feathers become freckled with the two colours, and 
the ends of some of the under tail-coverts are also freckled with 
vinous; end portion of the bill yellow; basal portion dark; legs 
yellow; “iris dark brown; bill ash; bare skin round the eye, and 
also the tarsi and feet, dark pink” (JZ. Ayres). Total length 12°5, 
inches; culmen,0°75; wing, 7'3; tail,4°6; tarsus,4°9. As beforestated 
the female has no white collar. “Iris dull red, end portion of bill 
yellow, basal portion dark purple; legs flesh colour” (7. L. Ayres). 
Total length, 10-5 inches; culmen, 0°65; wing, 6°5; tail, 4°8; tarsus, 0°9. 
547. HaprtopeniA Larvata, Zemm. Rufous-breasted Wood-Dove. 
Peristera larvata, Layard, B.S. Afr. p. 206. 
The genus Haplopelia is close to Turturena, but is separated by 
Captain Shelley by the following characters :—The fourth primary 
longer than the first; the tarsus longer than the third toe with claw, 
and almost entirely naked ; the sexes always similar in plumage. 
This species, which is the Cinnamon Dove and Lamoen Duif 
(Lemon Dove) of the colonists, is not uncommon about Rondebosch, 
near Cape Town; and it is also found plentifully at the Knysna. 
It keeps to wooded places and feeds on berries, and the nest is a 
rude structure of sticks placed on the horizontal branches of a tree, 
the eggs, two in number, are oval and white. Axis, 13’; 
diam., 11’. We have no records of its occurrence in the eastern 
districts of the colony, but in Natal it appears to be plentiful. 
Captain Shelley writes:—‘‘ Very common in the thick bush about 
Durban, where its brown colouring renders it hard to detect as it 
sits motionless on the low creepers in the darker parts of the forest. 
When disturbed it flies rapidly, but for only a short distance; and I 
did not observe it at any other times on the wing, as it never 
appears in the open. On the 11th of April I found two of their 
nests, placed about four feet from the ground, in the low creepers 
close to the same path, and nearly opposite to each other. The 
nests were similar to those of Turtur auritus; each contained 
two eggs nearly ready to hatch.” 
Mr. Ayres gives the following note :—‘ These Pigeons inhabit the 
