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502. Treron Delalandi ; Bp. Consp, IL, 6. 



FOREHEAD, top of head, and back, dull green ; back of head 

 cinereous; chin, throat, chest, collar round the neck, and 

 thighs, bright yellow ; lower portion of breast, and belly, 

 light cinereous ; the same colour extends in a ring over the 

 back, just under the broad yellow collar ; vent white, with 

 dark cinereous blotches; under tail-coverts deep red, with 

 white blotches ; tail above, basal two-thirds greenish-yellow ; 

 the rest dark cinereous ; below, basal two-thirds very dark; 

 and dirty whitish ; shoulders slightly vinaceous, the usual 

 yellow edging to the lesser quills and some of the wing- 

 covers. Length, 11" 6'" ; wing, 7"; tail, 4". 

 A single specimen of this bird was received from Kaffraria. 



503. Treron AustrailS. (Linn.) Steph. Jard. and 

 Selby, Illus. Orn., t. 81. ; Vinago Nudirostris ? Swain. 

 Nat. Lib., Vol. 11., p. 205. 



HEAD, neck, throat, breast, and belly, light yellowish-green ; 

 indistinct collar at back of neck, flanks, and tail-feathers, 

 cinereous, the latter with tips palest ; back and wings rather 

 darker, with a distinct greenish tinge ; shoulders vinaceous ; 

 the edging of the lesser quills and wing-coverts very pale- 

 yellow ; thighs bright-yellow ; vent white, blotched with 

 cinereous ; tail- coverts partly white, partly deep-red ; basal 

 two-thirds of tail very dark ; the rest almost white. Length, 

 11" ; wing, 6i" ; tail, 4J". 



This accords in many ways with Swainson's T. Nudirostris, the 

 type (specimen of which I liave seen in the Cambridge *iuseum ; but 

 is larger. It was procured in Damaraland by Mr. D. Kisch, who has 

 contributed largely to the specimens in the Museum. I am ignorant 

 of the sex. 



504. Treron Abyssinica. (Lath.) Tem. Pigeons, 



ltT * 8 > Le Cdwrtar, Le Vail, Nos. 276, 277 ; Cuv., 

 Vol. 3, p. 93; Vinago Abyssinica, Swain. Nat. Lib., 

 Vol. 11, p. 202. 



HEAD, neck, and breast, light olivaceous grey; body be- 

 neath yellow ; wing-covers vinaceous ; under tail-covers cin- 

 namon ; back green ; a bright yellow line, formed by the. 

 edges of some of the covers and lesser quills, extends down 

 the wing ; tail above, light cinereous ; beneath with the ba*al 



