GEOPELIA. COLUMBULA. Ct 



The single egg of the Barred-shouldered Dove in the Collection 

 measures 1/17 by -8, and is almost glossless. 



1. Lizard Island, N.E. Australia, 1 Gould Coll. 

 Aug. (J. Macgillivray}. 



Geopelia striata (Linn.}. 



Columba striata, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 60, tab. xi. fig. 10 (1845- 



54). 

 Geopelia striata, Hume fy Dav. Stray Feath. vi. p. 423 (1878) ; Milne- 



Edwards 8? Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 469, pi. 303. 



fig. 10 (1885) ; Saloadori, Cat. Birds E. M. xxi. p. 458 (1893) ; 



Skarpe, Hand-l i. p. 80 (1899). 



The single egg of the Barred Ground-Dove in tho Collection 

 measures -82 by -64, and is slightly glossy. 



1. Tonka Island, Malay Peninsula, Hume Coll. 



4th Feb. ( W. Damson). 



Sub-Family PERISTERIN^. 

 Genus COLUMBULA, Bp. 



Columbula picui (Temm.). 



Columbula picui, Scl. $ Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 143 (1889) ; Holland, 

 Ibis, 1892, p. 209 ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 470 (1893) ; 

 Skarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 81 (1899). 



The eggs of the Picui Dove are glossy, and measure from -9 to 

 97 in length, and from -65 to '7 in breadth. 



-5. Argentine Republic, Oct. A. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus CHAlYLffiPELIA, Swains. 



Chamaepelia passerina (Linn.). 



Chamjepelia passerina, Scl. $ Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 223; 1860, p. 45; 



Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 389 (1874) ; Cory, 



Birds Bahama Isls. p. 139 (1880) ; .Reid, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 



no. 25, p. 225 (1884) ; Feilden, Ibis, 1889, p. 490 ; Salvadori, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xxi. p. 473 (1893) ; Skarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 81 (1899). 

 Chamsepelia trochila, A. $ E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 253. ^ 

 Columbigallina passerina, Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 148 



(1892). 



The eggs of the American Ground-Dove are highly glossy, and 

 vary from -8 to -95 in length, and from -62 to '67 in breadth. 



8. N. America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Texas (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Dueiias, Guatemala, 7th March Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (O. Salvin). 



