Columbidse of the Ethiopian Region, 281 



a native of Benguela. My description is taken from a 

 male collected by myself in Cape Colony. In the speci- 

 mens examined, the wing varies from 8*.2 inches to 9*2 in 

 length. 



II. Trocaza. Type. 



Trocaza, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxix. 1854, p. 1104 . T. meyeri. 



The genus Trocaza, Bp., was formed for the reception of 

 Columba trocaz, Heineken, and C. meyeri, Marchal ; and the 

 only important character ascribed to that genus is " Remex 

 prima brevior quam quinta.^' Now I find that in the former 

 the first primary is not shorter than the fifth, but is so in 

 the latter ; therefore I consider C. meyeri, Marchal, must be 

 regarded as the proper type of Trocaza. 



This genus is represented by a single species, which is con- 

 fined to the island of Mauritius. 



7. Trocaza meyeri. 



Columba meyeri, Marchal, MS., Prevost & Knip, Pig. ii. 

 1808-1838, pi. 60 (good) ; Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. 

 1868, p. Ill, pi. 36 (good) ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. 1877, 

 p. 265. 



Trocaza meyeri, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxix. 1854, p. 1104. 



Head, neck, and entire breast pale pink, fading into white 

 towards the forehead, cheeks, and upper throat, and passing 

 into rather darker pink on the front of the upper back ; re- 

 mainder of the upper back and the entire wings brown, with 

 a slight shade of olive and rufous ; quills with narrow pale 

 edges; remainder of the back ashy pink, strongly mottled 

 with chestnut on the rump ; upper tail-coverts and entire tail 

 uniform chestnut, except the outer tail-feathers on each side, 

 which fade into buff towards their edges ; under tail-coverts 

 deep pink ; under surface of the wings ashy brown, slightly 

 paler on the axillaries and under wing-coverts ; iris yellow ; 

 bill yellow, shaded with red towards the base; legs red. 

 Total length 15 inches, culmen 09, wing 8-2, tail 7, tar- 

 sus 1-2. 



Hub. jNlauritius. 



