Columbidse of the Ethiopian Region. 317 



outer webs ; wings — the coverts leaden grey^ with the inner 

 half of them broadly edged with fawn-colour ; bastard wing 

 and primary- coverts black; secondaries brown washed with 

 grey, excepting the innermost ones, which are washed with 

 fawn-colour; quills blackish brown, with narrow pale edges, 

 becoming white towards the outermost feathers ; breast rich 

 vinous, fading into white on the abdomen ; under tail-coverts 

 white ; sides of the body leaden grey ; under wing-coverts 

 rather deeper grey; under surface of the quills uniform 

 brown ; iris orange-red ; bill dusky black, with a slight vinous 

 shade; legs pinkish red. Total length 11 inches, culmen 0*6, 

 wing 5 '2, tail 4*9, tarsus 0*8. 



Hab. The whole of the African continent, Socotra, S. Asia, 

 S.E. Europe, and the Canary Islands. 



I have here described a male collected by myself in Egypt, 



31. TURTUR PICTURATUS. 



Columba picturata, Temm. Hist. Nat. Pig. et Gall. 1813, 

 pp. 315, 481 ; id. PI. Col. 1826, 242 (moderate). 



Columba dufresnii, Leach in Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. 1819, 

 p. 77, pL, Mauritius. 



Peristera picturata, Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 327. 



Turtur picturatus, Reichb. Taub. 1855, p. 70, pi. 224. 

 fig. 1260 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 164, Madagascar ; Roche 

 & E. Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 167; E. Newton, torn, cit 

 p. 454; Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424, pt.. Reunion nee 

 Mayotte; E. Newton, Ibis, 1867, pp. 346, 359, Seychelles; 

 Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 418; A. Newton, 

 Ibis, 1868, p. 477; Schl. & Poll. Faune Madag. Ois. 1868, 

 p. 113, pt. ; Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 67; Hartl. Vog. 

 Madag. 1877, p. 268. 



Turtur prevostianus, Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. ii. 1857, p. 62, 

 Marianne Is. 



Head and upper half of the neck grey, paler on the chin 

 and centre of the upper throat, and gradually shading into 

 deep ashy vinous on the remainder of the neck ; some of the 

 feathers on the sides of the neck have black centres slightly 

 exposed, indicating a very partial collar ; the vinous of the 



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