330 On the Columbidae of the Ethiopian Region. 



surface of tlie tail black_, with pale ends to the six outer 

 feathers and with white on the outer web of the last one ; 

 axillaries and the inner half of the under wing-coverts black, 

 outer half of the under wing-coverts and the under surface 

 of the quills rufous, the latter with dark brown ends ; " iris 

 brown ; bill, with the basal half lake-red, the end half a fine 

 dark gamboge; tarsi and feet dark rose-red'^ [T. Ayres). 

 Total length 9'2 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 4*2, tail 5*3, 

 tarsus 0"5. 



Female. Differs from the male in having no black on the 

 head and throat ; forehead, cheeks, chin, and centre of the 

 throat white, slightly greyer towards the crown, which is 

 brown like the back ; ear-coverts, sides and front of the 

 neck, and crop pale ashy brown, slightly greyer on the back 

 of the cheeks and sides of the upper throat ; remainder of 

 the plumage as in the male. Total length 9'2 inches, culmen 

 0*5, wing 4*15, tail 6, tarsus 0*5. 



Hab. Madagascar and the whole of South and Tropical 

 Africa, extending northward on the W. coast to Senegal, 

 and rather further so on the east side of the continent, where 

 it crosses the Red Sea into Arabia, whence I have a speci- 

 men from Jeddah, the most northern limit yet known for that 

 species. 



My descriptions have been taken from a pair collected for 

 rae by Mr. Gordge in Natal. 



X. Geopelia. Type. 



Geopelia, Swains. Class. B. ii. 1837, p. 348 . . G. striata. 



This genus is only represented within my limits by 

 G. striata, which has been introduced into many of the islands 

 surrounding the African continent south of the equator. 



40. Geopelia striata. 



Columba striata, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 282. 



Columba malaccensis, Temm. & Knip, i. 1808-1838, p. 104, 

 pi. 47. 



Geopelia striata, E. Newton, Ibis, 1861, p. 182, Round Is., 

 p. 274, Mauritius; Schh P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424, Reunion and 



