230 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



COLUMB-33. 



COLUMBIDJE. 



278. Phalacrotreron Calva (Temm.). Bald-fronted Pigeon. 

 Le Pigeon d, front nu, Temminck & Knip's Pigeons, pi. 7. 

 Phalacrotreron calva, Bonaparte's Icon, des Pigeons, pi. 3. fig. A 



(head). 



Treron australis, Lay aid's Cat. No. 503. 

 Phalacrotreron calva, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 9111. 



Iris light blue ; basal half of bill red, the remainder 

 livid ; feet and toes yellow. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



Male. Female, 



in. lin. in. lin. 



Entire length 10 10 ..... 10 3 



Length of folded wing ...67 64 



tarsus 11 11 



middle toe .... 11 11 



tail 40 38 



bill 11 09 



[The specimens of this species from which the above measure- 

 ments were taken by Mr. Anderssoii were obtained in Ondonga, 

 in November 1866, together with several other examples, one of 

 which is now in the British Museum. 



These Ondonga specimens only differ from West-African 

 examples in having the bill very slightly more robust, and in the 

 yellow tints of the plumage being throughout somewhat brighter. 



Mr. Layard informs me that he considers the Treron recorded 

 in his Catalogue (loc. cit.} as having been obtained in Damara 

 Land by Mr. Kisch to be referable to this species, and not to 

 T. nudirostris, as cited by Drs. Finsch and Hartlaub in their 

 work on the birds of East Africa, p. 539. ED.] 



