266 Capt. G. E. Shelley on the 



Geopelia humeralis, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, p. 49. 



Treron waalia, Finsch & Hartl. Yog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 533; 

 Finscli & Jesse, Tr. L. S. vii. 1870, p. 288 ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. 1871-1875, p. 817, App. p. 168; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. 

 Vereins Bremen, vii, 1881, p. 117, Lado; Sclat. & Hartl. 

 P. Z. S. 1881, p. 173, Socotra. 



Entire head and neck pale ashy olive ; back, scapulars, 

 inner wing-coverts, innermost secondaries, and upper tail- 

 coverts olive-yellow ; remainder of the least and median 

 wing-coverts rich vinous ; remainder of the wings blackish 

 brown ; outer median wing-coverts, greater wing-coverts, and 

 secondaries with very distinct yellowish-buff partial edges to 

 their outer webs towards their ends ; primaries with narrower 

 partial bufiF edges on their outer webs; tail above leaden 

 grey, shading into slaty black on the basal two thirds of all 

 but the two centre feathers; chest bright gamboge-yellow, 

 surrounded on the crop and sides by pale ashy olive; abdo- 

 men white ; thighs buff mottled with bright yellow ; thigh- 

 coverts olive-green, with broad buff or yellowish-buff edges 

 to the feathers ; under tail-coverts with very broad white or 

 buff edges, the centres of the smaller feathers being olive- 

 grey and of the larger ones chestnut ; under surface of the 

 tail-feathers slaty black, hidden by the coverts, and with very 

 broad white ends ; under surface of the wings leaden grey, 

 inclining to brown towards the outer webs of the quills; 

 " iris blue, with an outer rim of salmon-pink ; beak bluish 

 grey, red at base ; legs and feet pinkish yellow, toes blue " 

 {Jesse). Total length 12*7 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 67, 

 tail 4-3, tail 0*85. 



Hab. Socotra, N.E, Africa, and Senegambia. 



According to Dr. Hartlaub (Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. 

 p. 117) there is a specimen of this Pigeon from Senegal in 

 the Bremen Museum, 



The following records of its occurrence, in my opinion, 

 most probably refer to other species : — Casamanse (Verr.), 

 Guinea {Hartl.), St. Thomas's Island {Weiss, Hartl. Orn, 

 W.-Afr. p. 193), to T. calva; and T. abyssinica (Kirk, 

 Ibis, 1864, p. 329), from Shupanga on the Zambesi, to 

 T. wakefieldi or T. iMalandii. 



