396 COLUMBID.E. PTEROCLID.E. 



c, d. Presented by Mrs. Bacon, May 13, 1867. 



e. Male ; /. Female. Purchased, May 23, 1870. 



g. Deposited, Oct. 17, 1871. 



h. Male ; i. Female. Purchased, March 3, 1874. 



j. Hatched in the Gardens, April 28, 1874. 



k. Hatched in the Gardens, Aug. 19, 1874. 



I. Hatched in the Gardens, Sept. 27, 1875. 



m, n. Purchased, July 5, 1876. 



1024. Goura victoria, Fraser. Victoria Crowned Pigeon. 

 Hob. Island of Jobie. 



a. Male. Purchased, Sept. 1, 1856. 



b, c. Purchased, Sept. 25, 1861. 



d, e. Purchased, May 31, 1875. 



Genus DIDUNCULUS. 



1025. Didunculus strigirostris, Jard. Tooth-billed Pigeon. 

 Hob. Samoan Islands. 



a. Female. Presented by Dr. G. Bennett, F.Z.S., April 10, 



1864. See Bennett, *P. Z. S. 1864, p. 139, and Sclater, 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 158. 



b. Presented by J. W. Boddam-Whetham, Esq., Oct. 23, 



1874. See P. Z. S. 1874, p. 605. 



c. Purchased, May 9, 1876. See P. Z. S. 1876, p. 462. 



Family PTEROCLID^E. 

 Genus PTEROCLES. 



1026. Pterocles alchata (Linn.). Pin-tailed Sand-Grouse. 

 Hob. South Europe. 



a. Male. Purchased, Oct. 7, 1861. 



b. Female. Deposited, 1861. 



c-e. Received in exchange, Jan. 12, 1863. 



/. Bred in the Gardens, Aug. 29, 1865. 



g, h. Males ; i-m. Females. Purchased, May 7, 1870. 



1027. Pterocles exustus, Teram. Lesser Pin-tailed Sand- 



Grouse. 



Hab. North Africa. 



a, 6. Males ; c, d. Females. Purchased, Aug. 19, 1865. 

 e-g. Received in exchange, Sept. 30, 1874. 



