318 Capt. G. E. Shelley on the 



neck shades into chestnut on the upper back^ portion of the 

 scapulars, and the smaller wing-coverts ; middle of the back, 

 remainder of the wings, the centre tail-feathers, and the 

 ends of some of the tail-coverts brown ; the primaries mostly 

 with narrow partial whitish edges ; lower back and remainder 

 of the upper tail-coverts slaty grey ; remainder of the tail 

 slaty black, with grey ends nearly one inch in depth, passing 

 into white on the inner webs of the other feathers, which 

 have also narrow white margins to their outer webs ; under 

 surface of the tail black and white ; crop deep ashy vinous, 

 fading gradually into vinous pink towards the lower breast 

 and then into white on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; 

 sides of the body occasionally slightly tinted with grey ; 

 under wing-coverts brown, shading into chestnut towards the 

 edges of the wing ; under surface of the quills brown, with 

 almost obsolete pale inner edges to the feathers ; " iris 

 brown ; bill brown, with a whitish tip ; legs violet-red " 

 {Schl. ^ Poll). Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 0-75, 

 wing 6'6, tail 4"6, tarsus 0'9. 



Hab. Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius, and the Seychelles. 



This Dove is probably a native of Madagascar only, and 

 found wild on the other islands as an introduced bird. Schle- 

 gel and Pollen give Mayotte as a locality, but specially remark 

 that the specimens from that island had no grey on the head, 

 clearly proving that they should be referred to the nearly 

 allied T. comorensis. 



32. TURTUR ALDABRANUS. 



Turtur aldabranus, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 623, 692, 

 pi. 72 (very good), Aldabra Is. ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. 1877, 

 p. 270. 



" Supra brunneus unicolor, capite toto cum collo undique 

 vinaceo perfusis; colli postici plumis nigris vinaceo 

 terminatis, tanquam squamatis ; subtus cineraceus, usque 

 ad medium pectus vinaceo perfusus, ventre medio crisso- 

 que albis ; alarum remigibus cineraceo-brunneis, uni- 

 coloribus ; caudse rectricibus duabus mediis omnino et 

 proximis in pogonio exteriore brunneis dorso concolori- 

 bus, ceteris omnibus nigris limbo unciali lactescenti-albo 



