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edges ; iris deep lilac ; bill black ; bare skin round the eye 

 and the legs red. Length 10"5 inches, culmen 0*65, wing 

 5*9j tail 4" 2, tarsus 1. 



Hab. S. and N.E. Africa. 



My description is taken from a male specimen collected by 

 myself at Durban. 



I have followed Prof. Schlegel (Mus. P.-B. iv. p. 161) in 

 uniting the N.E. -African Columba bronzina, Kiipp., with the. 

 S.- African C. larvata, Temm.^ as I cannot find any character 

 in the description of C. bronzina to warrant its separation ; 

 but not having had an opportunity of examining a specimen 

 from N.E. Africa, I have kept their synonymy separate. 



This species is not uncommon in the bush from the Cape 

 to the Transvaal ; but we have no record of it from the west 

 coast north of the Orange river. In N.E. Africa it appears 

 to be confined to Abyssinia, and to be very rare. 



18. Haplopelia principalis. 



Perister a principalis, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 330, Princess 

 Island. 



" Supra brunnea, nitore cupreo-rubeute et virescente ; sin- 

 cipite cano ; nucha vinaceo-purpurascente ; remigibus 

 fuscis, 2"-5'" valde emarginatis ; subalaribus ardesiacis ; 

 mento niveo ; pectore vinaceo-rubente ; abdomine sen- 

 sim albicante ; subcaudalibus canis ; colli lateribus Isete 

 rubentibus, rectricibus ; 2 mediis exceptis, nigris, apice 

 late et dilute cinereis ; rostro nigro, pedibus nitide ru- 

 bris. Long. 026, rostr. a fr. O'OIS, alse 0*156, caudse 

 0-08, tars. 0-03 m." (Hartl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 330.) 

 Hab. Princess Island. 



I have given Dr. Hartlaub^s original description, as I have 

 not seen the type, which I believe to be unique. 



19. Haplopelia simplex. 



Turtur simplex, Hartl. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1849, p. 497, 

 St. Thomas Is. ; id. Abhandl. nat. Vereins Bremen, ii. 1852, 

 p. 37, pi. 10 ; id. J. f. O. 1854, p. 207. 



Aplopelia simplex, Bp. Compt. Rend. xl. 1855, p. 18 ; Hartl. 

 J. f. O. 1861, p. 266. 



