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h. With the tarsi entirely naked ; under tail-coverts 

 brown. Sexes similar. 

 6'. Ohest grey ; under tail-coverts sandy brown . . 15. malherbii. 

 c'. Chest and under tail-coverts deep rufous 16. iriditorques. 



14. TURTURCENA DELEGORGUII. 



Columba delegorguei, Delegorgue^ Voy. Afr. Austr. ii. 1847, 

 p. 615, Port Natal; Verr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 514; 

 Gurney, Ibis, 1864, p. 354, Natal ; Layard, B. S. Afr. 1867, 

 p. 257. 



Columba johannce, Verr. MS. 1851 ; Bp. Compt. Rend, 

 xxxix. 1854, p. 1104. 



Columba lunigera, Gray, MS. Brit. Mus. 1854; Bp. Compt. 

 Rend, xxxix. 1854, p. 1104. 



Turturoena delegorguii, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxix. 1854, 

 p. 1104; id. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. 1857, p. 45. 



Peleicenas delegorguei, Reichb. Taub. 1855, p. 54. 



Male adult. Head and neck deep slate-colour, only very 

 slightly paler towards the forehead and chin ; back of the 

 head and back and sides of the neck very strongly glossed 

 with metallic amethyst-lilac, with reflections of green in 

 certain lights ; this same gloss extends onto the front of the 

 neck, from the middle throat onto the upper chest, but is far 

 less intense, only being visible in certain lights, and finally 

 disappears altogether on the lower chest ; the back of the 

 neck is separated from the mantle by a broad white collar 

 extending from shoulder to shoulder ; remainder of the upper 

 parts slaty black, shading into chestnut on the upper back, 

 wing-coverts, and portion of the inner secondaries ; the edges 

 of the feathers of the upper back are faintly glossed towards 

 their edges with metallic lilac and green ; the tail has a 

 narrow pale end, most perceptible from beneath. Under 

 surface — crop and chest vinous, shading into slate-colour on 

 the sides of the body, abdomen, and under Aving and tail- 

 coverts; towai'ds the junction of the vinous and slate-colours 

 the feathers become freckled with the two colours, and the 

 ends of some of the under tail-coverts are also somewhat 

 freckled with vinous ; end portion of the bill yellow, basal 

 portion dark ; legs yellow. Total length 12-5 inches, culraen 



