Columbidse of the Ethiopian Region. 263 



end yellow; feet slate-colour. Total length 11 '8 inches^ 

 bill 1, wing 8-2, tail 5-2. 



Hab. Mauritius (now extinct). 



I have not been able to examine a specimen of this bird, 

 so have taken my description from other authors_, with the 

 assistance of the figure of Le Ramier herisse of Levaillant 

 and the measurements given by Dr. Hartlaub {' Vog. Mada- 

 gascar '). The colouring of the under tail-coverts is unknown 

 to me, but is probably red and green, as in A. madagas- 

 cariensis. For my present purpose I think the above de- 

 scription sufficient. 



4. Alectrcenas madagascariensis. 



Columba madagascariensis, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 283; 

 Temm. & Knip, Pig. i. 1808-1838, p. 46, pi. 17 (fair). 



Le Ramier Founingo, Levaill, Ois. d^Afr. vi. 1808, p. 72, 

 pi. 266 (fair) . 



Columba phoenicura,Wag\. Syst. Av., Columba, 1827, sp. 23. 

 Carpophaga madagascariensis , Gray & Mitch. Gen. B. ii. 

 1849, p. 469. 



Furningus madagascariensis, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. 1857, 

 p. 29; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 161; Roche & E. Newton, 

 Ibis, 1863, p. 167 ; Grand. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1867, p. 418 ; 

 Aquarone, Bull. Soc. Imp. Acclim. 1869^ p. 361 ; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1870, p. 399. 



Ptilopus madagascariensis , Gray, List Brit. Mus. Columb. 

 1856, p. 9; Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424; Schl. & Poll. Faun. 

 Madag. Ois. 1868, p. 115. 



Alectrcenas madagascariensis, Hartl. Vog. Madag. 1877, 

 p. 262. 



Body and wings indigo-blue ; neck slaty grey, passing 

 almost into deep indigo-blue on the forehead, crown, nape, 

 cheeks and ear-coverts ; the slaty grey of the neck not sharply 

 defined in front, but gradually passes on the crop into the 

 colour of the breast ; upper tail-coverts and tail crimson^ 

 glossed towards their junction with bright blue and often 

 with green ; tail with nearly the entire outer webs and the 

 bases of all the feathers slaty black ; all but the two centre 



