Columbidce of the Ethiopian Region. 309 



passing into pearl-grey on the remainder of the coverts and 

 secondaries ; the rump and centre tail-feathers partially 

 washed with grey ; bastard wing and primary-coverts pearl- 

 grey tipped with brown; primaries dark brown^ the quills gene- 

 rally with partial white edges ; remainder of the tail leaden 

 grey, fading gradually into white towards the ends of the 

 feathers, and the outer feathers have also a white edge ; the 

 under surface of the tail is nearly black and white, the dark 

 basal portion being scarcely defined above ; the pink of the 

 chest shades into very pale grey on the flanks, abdomen, and 

 vent ; the under tail-coverts being darker pearl- grey, with 

 more or less obsolete whitish ends ; under wing-coverts white, 

 tinted with pearl-grey, under surface of the quills brown, 

 fading into ashy white on their inner webs towards the bases 

 of the feathers ; iris red ; bill black ; legs dark pinkish red. 

 Total length 11 "9 inches, culraen 0*6, wing 6"8, tail 5*3, 

 tarsus 0"9. 



Hab. Palestine, Turkey, and Southern Asia. 



My description is taken from a female specimen collected 

 at Jericho by the Rev. Canon Tristram. This species does 

 not occur anywhere on the African continent. 



Peristera intercedens, C. L. Brehm, I refer to this species 

 on account of the author specially mentioning the bill as 

 small. In T. decipietis and T. setnitorquatus the bill is deci- 

 dedly large in proportion to that of the other allied Doves. 



37. TURTUK ROSEOGRISEUS. 



Columba risoria, Riipp. (nee Linn.) Neue Wirb. Vog. 1835, 

 p. 67, Massowah. 



Turtur risorius, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. 1845, p. 100, Arabia, 

 Abyssinia, Egypt. 



Peristera vinacea, C. L. Brehm (nee Gm), Vogelf. 1855, 

 p. 258. 



Streptopelia vinacea, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. 1857, p. 64, 

 pt., White Nile. 



Columba roseogrisea, Sundev. Krit. om Levaill. 1857, p. 54 

 (ex C. risoria, Riipp.) . 



Turtur, sp., Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 9. 



