304 Capt. G. E. Shelley on the 



.Cab. V. d. Decken's Reisen, iii. 1869, p. 42; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1870, p. 57, Fantee; id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 150, Angola ; Shel- 

 ley & Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 290, Gold Coast; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1874, p. 306, Bulama Islands; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, 

 p. 242, Mombas. 



Turtur semitorquatus, Rupp. Syst, Uebers. 1845, p. 100; 

 ? Allen & Thomps. Exp. Niger, ii. 1848, p. 41, Rollas Is. ; 

 ? Gordon, Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 12; ? Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 330, 

 Zambesi; Finsch, J. f. O. 1869, p. 336; Finsch & Jesse, 

 Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 327, Abyssinia; Blanf. Geol. & Zool, 

 Abyss. 1870, p. 416; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, 

 p. 541 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 486, Volta river ; Heugl. 

 Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871-1875, p. 830, App. p. 169; Reichenow, 

 J. f. O. 1872, p. 213, Accra, 1874, p. 388, Camaroons, 1877, 

 p. 13, Loango coast; Hartl. Vog. Madag. 1877, p. 271 (pt. 

 descr. nee hab.) ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, pp. 250, 

 292, Zanzibar; Fischer, J.f.O. 1879, pp. 300, 303, E. Afr. ; 

 Bocage, Orn. Angola, 1881, p. 383 ; Hartl. Abhandl, nat. 

 Vereins Bremen, vii. 1881, p. 117, Lado ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 

 1881, p. 596, Dar-es-Salaam ; id. Ibis, 1882, p. 259, Mata- 

 bele; Holub and von Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Sudafr. 1882, p. 175. 



Streptopelia erythrophrys, Bp. Compt. Rend. 1855, p. 17; 

 Antiu. Cat. descr. Ucc. 1864, p. 88, Dongola. 



? Streptopelia gumri, Reichb. Taub. 1855, p. 73, pi. 247. 

 figs. 1364, 1367. 



Peristera semitorquata, C. L. Brehm, Vogelf. 1855, p. 258. 



Turtur vinaceus, Layard (nee Gm.), B. S. Afr. 1867, p. 259. 



Streptopelia semitorquata, Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. 

 1872, p. 234; Antin. & Salvad. Viagg. Bogos, 1873, p. 131. 



Columba levaillanti, Smith, MS. 



Crown grey, passing into white on the forehead, and tinted 

 with vinous buff in front and on the sides of the crown ; re- 

 mainder of the head, neck, and chest deep vinous pink, fading 

 into pale vinous buff on the chin and centre of the upper 

 throat ; eyelids red ; no black feathers in front of the eye ; 

 on the back of the neck a broad black collar, partially edged 

 above with grey ; back, inner half of the wing-coverts, secon- 

 daries, and two centre tail-feathers darkish brown, passing 



