326 Capt. G. E. Shelley on the 



A somewhat analogous case is presented in the dark and pale 

 varieties of Nisaetus pennatus. 



VIII. Tympanistria. 

 Tympanistria, Reichb Taub. 1855^ p. 78 Type. 



(1853, fide Gray) T. tympanistria. 



This genus contains a single species, confined to Africa, 

 Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands. 



38. Tympanistria tympanistria. 



La Tourterelle a ventre blanc, Temm. Cat. Syst. p. 253. 



La Tourterelle tambourette, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. 1808, 

 p. 86, pi. 272 (good). 



Columba tympanistria, Temm. & Knip, Pig. i. p. 80, p. 36 

 (1808-1811) ; Temm. Hist. Pig. et Gall. 1813, pp. 287,475; 

 Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mosamb. fasc. xvi. 1865, p. 401 ; Schl. 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 425, Mayotte. 



Peristera tympanistria, Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 327; Selby, 

 Nat. Libr. v. 1835, p. 205, pi. 23 (bad) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1855, 

 p. 361, Gold Coast; id. Orn. W.-Afr. 1857, pp. 197,275; 

 Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 143, Camma and Muni rivers ; 

 Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 214, Natal; Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, 

 p. 266, Camma r. and Casaraanse ; Gurney, Ibis, 1864, 

 p. 359, Natal ; Layard, B. S. Afr. 1867, p. 262 ; Schl. & Poll. 

 Faune Madag. Ois. 1868, p. 114; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 387, 

 Fantee ; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 558 ; 

 Beichenow, J. f. 0. 1874, p. 387, Gold Coast; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1875, p. 84, Durban; Sharpe & Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, 1876, p. 52, Landano; Hartl. Vog. Madag. 1877, 

 p. 271; Beichenow, J. f. O. 1877, p. 13, Loango Coast; 

 Fischer, tom. cit. pp. 173, 176, E. Afr. ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, 

 p. 243, Mombas; Fischer & Beichenow, tom. cit. pp. 250, 

 292, 293, E. Afr.; Bocage, Orn. Angola, 1881, p. 393; 

 Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 597, Pangani. 



Peristera tympanistera, Eraser, P. Z, S. 1843, p. 53, 

 Fernando Po. 



Tympanistria bicolor, Beichb. Taub. 1855, p. 78, pi. 258. 

 fig. 1435 ; Bp. Compt. Bend. xl. 1855, p. 19. 



