Columbidse of the Ethiopian Region. 323 



species resting on the small importance of the colouring of the 

 wing-spots in the allied forms C. afra and T. tympanlstra. 



37. Chalcopelia afra, 



Columba afra, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 28-1 ; Temm, & Knip_, 

 Pig. i. 1808-1835, p. 83, pis. 38, 39; Chapman, Trav. S. Afr. 

 ii. 1868, App. p. 411, Daraara; Godman, Ibis, 1872, p. 218, 

 TenerifFe ? 



La Tuurterelle emeraudine, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. 1808, 

 p. 84, pi. 271 (good). 



Columba chalcospilos, Wagl. Syst. Av. Columb. 1827, sp. 

 83 et var. a. 



Columba senegalensis, Riipp. Neue Wirb. Vog. 1835-1840, 

 p. 67. 



Turtur chalcospilos, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. 1837, p. 210; 

 Allen & Thomps. Exp. Niger, ii. 1848, p. 41. 



Peristera chalcospilos, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. 1845, p. 98, 

 pi. 38 (good), Sennaar, Kordofan, Abyssinia; Strickl. & Sclat. 

 Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 126, Damara ; Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 

 1859, p. 321, Cape Lopez; Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 266, 

 Camma r.. Grand Bassam, Bissao, Casamanse ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 

 1862, p. 12, Uzaramo ; Cab. v. d. Decken^s Reisen, iii. p. 43, 

 Mombas ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 84, Durban. 



Chalcopelia afra, Bp. Compt. Rend. xl. p. 19 (1855) ; 

 Sclat. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 113, Usazamo and Duthumi ; Antin. 

 Cat. descr. Ucc. 1864, p. 88, White Nile ; Finsch & Jesse, 

 Trans. Z. S. vii. 1870, p. 290, Abyssinia; Finsch & Hartl. 

 Vog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 554 ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871- 

 1875, p. 845, App. p. 171 ; Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam, Ld. 



1872, p. 236; Reichenow, J. f. O. 1872, p. 391, Accra; 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 716, Mombas ; Reichenow, J. f. O. 



1873, p. 213, 1874, p. 387, Gold Coast; Fischer, J, f. O. 

 1877, pp. 173, 176, 207, E. Aft-. ; Fischer & Reichenow, 

 J. f. O. 1878, pp. 250, 292, Zanzibar, 1879, pp. 300, 303, 

 339, E. Afr. ; Fischer, J, f, O, 1880, p. 192, E, Afr. ; Sharpe 

 in Oates's Matabele Land, App. B, 1881, p. 322; Hartl. 

 Abhandl. nat. Vereins Bremen, vii. 188], p. 117, Lado ; 

 Socage, Orn. Angola, 1881, p. 389; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, 



