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3. COLUMBA ALBITORQUES. 



Columba albitorques, Riipp. N. W. 1835, p. 63, pi. 22. fig. I, 

 Abyssinia ; id. Syst. Uebers. 1845, p. 100 ; DesMurs in 

 Lefebv. Voy. Abyss. Ois. 1845-1850, p. 140 ; Finsch & Jesse, 

 Trans. L. S. vii. 1869, p. 288, Senafe, Rayrayguddy; Blanf. 

 Geol. & Zool. Abyss. 1870, p. 416 ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 

 1871-1875, p. 826, App. p. 169. 



Toinioenas albitorques, Reichb. Taiib. 1855, p. 59, pi. 220. 

 fig. 1243. 



Palumbus albitorques, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1855, p. 49. 



Stictcenas albitorques, Scbl. Mus. P.-B. iv. 1873, p. 73. 



Entire bead deep bkiisb slate-colonr ; on tbe nape a broad 

 white collar surrounding tbe back half of the neck ; this 

 collar is indicated all round the neck by a few narrow white 

 tips to the feathers in front and on the sides of the throat ; 

 remainder of the neck covered with slaty-blue lanceolate 

 feathers, often with very narrow pale shaft-stripes, and par- 

 tially glossed with metallic green and purple ; back, wings, 

 and tail brown, partially shaded with grey, mostly so towards 

 the outer v,dng-coverts and on the middle back ; some of the 

 inner primary-coverts fade into white and form a rather con- 

 spicuous patch on the wing ; many of the wing-coverts have 

 large black oval patches on their outer webs ; the tail ap- 

 proaches nearly to black on the end half, where, however, 

 it is crossed by a broad paler and more ashy bar, beneath the 

 tail is nearly uniform black ; under surface of the body slate- 

 colour, slightly paler and greyer than the back ; under tail- 

 coverts deep slaty grey ; under surface of the wings brown, 

 with the axillaries and under wing-coverts deep leaden grey ; 

 " iris dull red, approaching violet ; beak black, cere white ; 

 legs pink ^' [Blanf ord). Total length 11*2 inches, culmen 

 0*8, wing 8*6, tail 4'7, tarsus Tl. 



Hab. Abyssinia. 



4. Columba unicincta. 



Columba unicincta, Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1859, p. 143, Ogo- 

 bai; Heine, J. f. O. 1859, p. 434; Hartl. J. f. 0. 1861, 

 p. 266. 



