Columbidse of the Ethiopian Region. 387 



culmen 1"0, gape \-2, wing 9*2, tail 7 "4, tarsus 1*38, middle 

 toe with claw 2'0." {Dresser.) 



Hah. Madeira. 



This species appears entirely confined to the island of 

 Madeira, and the locality Morocco assigned to it by Bona- 

 parte is undoubtedly an error. 



As this and the next two species do not belong to the 

 African region, I have thought it sufficient here to quote Mr. 

 Dresser's descriptions (B. Eur. vii.), where the three species 

 are also well figured. 



12. Palumbus bollii. 



? Columba bouvryi, Bolle (nee Bp.), J. f. O. 1857, p. 329. 



Columba bollii, Godman, Ibis, 1872, p. 217; Dresser, B. 

 Eur. vii. 1875, p. 29, pi. 459 (good). 



" Head, neck, and centre of the back dark dove-blue with 

 a slaty tinge ; sides of the neck and hind neck glossed with 

 green, a small portion of the feathers on the sides of the 

 neck tipped with coppery red, fore part of the back extending 

 to the sides of the back richly glossed with reddish purple, 

 the hind crown being also slightly glossed with this colour ; 

 upper parts dark plumbeous slate, bluer on the rump ; quills 

 blackish; tail blackish, broadly subterminated with dark 

 dove-blue, and finally tipped with dusky slate ; throat down 

 to the breast slaty blue, slightly glossed with green ; breast 

 and abdomen deep vinous, almost coppery red; flanks and 

 lower abdomen, with the under tail-coverts, deep bluish 

 slate ; bill red, darker at the tip ; legs coral-red ; iris straw- 

 colour ; edge round the eye coral-red. Total length about 

 14*5 inches, culmen I'O, gape 1*1, wing 8*2, tail 6*2, tarsus 

 1*2, middle toe with claw 1'5.'' {Dresser.) 

 Hab. TeneriflFe. 



13. Palumbus laurivokus. 



Columba laurivora, Webb & Berthelot, Orn. Can. 1836- 

 1844, p. 26, pi. 3, lower fig.; Prevost & Knip, Pig. ii. 1808- 

 1838, p. 79, pi. 43 (very bad) ; Bolle, J. f. O. 1855, p. 171, 

 1857, p. 324; Godmau, Ibis, 1872, p. 216; Dresser, B. Eur. 

 vii. 1875, p. 31, pi. 4B0 (good). 



