30.2 Capt. G. E. Shelley 07i the 



any pink shade, fading into sandy white towards the chin, 

 and almost into Avliite on the vent ; under tail-coverts greyish 

 white; flanks grey; under wing-coverts dark leaden grey. 

 Total length 10*8 inches, culmen 0"65, wing 6'7, tail about 

 5*2, tarsus 0"9. 



Type. Cape of Good Hope (G. Cami)bell). 



In its head, neck, wings, and front of the chest this species 

 agrees well with 7'. isabellinus, with the exception of^its 

 slightly darker and more vinous shade. In its middle and 

 lower back, upper tail-coverts, and tail it agrees perfectly 

 with T. lugens. From both it difters in the deep vinous shade 

 of the lower breast and in the under tail- coverts being pale 

 greyish white. 



The only known specimen, in the British Museum, is 

 mounted and not in good condition, so that one cannot ex- 

 amine as closely into details as one might wish ; but I cannot 

 detect it to be a made-up bird. I must therefore admit this 

 as a good species ; but if really from the Cape of Good Hope, 

 it appears incredible that the specimen should have so long 

 remained unique. 



23. TURTUR LUGENS. ,} 



Columba lugens, Riipp. N. W. 1835-1840, p. 64, pi. 22. 

 fig. 2, Dongola, Egypt ; DesMurs, in Lefebv. Voy. Abyss. Ois. 

 1845-1850, p. 141 ; Finsch & Jesse, Trans. Z. S. vii. 1869, 

 p. 289, Taconda Pass. 



Turtur lugens, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. 1845, p. 100, Abyssinia ; 

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

 Afr. 1871-1875, p. 838, App. p. 169; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 596, Pangani. 



Streptopelia lugens, Reichb. Taub. 1855, p. 73^ pi. 248. 

 fig. 1372. 



Peristera lugens, C. L. Brehra, Vogelf. 1855, p. 258. 



Upper half of the head and back of the neck slaty o-rey 

 paler on the forehead, and passing into vinous shaded grey 

 on the sides of the head, throat, and chest ; a patch of fea- 

 thers on the sides of the neck black, with slaty grev edo-es 

 forming a rather obscurely marked partial collar; back 



