648 Birds of Celebes: Peristeridae. 



Usslier 26); Luzon (Everett 12, Steere 28, Whitehead .35); South Celebes — 

 Mcacassar (Wallace 8, Meyer 13, Weber 34, etc.), Maros and Segeri (Meyer 15), 

 Tjamba Distr. (Platen in Dresd. Mus.), Pare-Pare fWeber 34); Saleyer Id. 

 (Engelhardt f 1); Java (Horsfield 19, etc.); Madura (Meyer 33); Kangean Island 

 (Vorderman 32j; Bali (Doherty 40); Lombok (Wallace 6, 33, Everett 40); 

 Daweloor near Babbar (Kiedel 18), Babbar (Riedel 18); Amboina (S. Miiller 19). 

 Introduced into: Madagascar (Hartlaub, etc. 11, 16, 22); Bourbon (Hartlaub 

 11, 22); Mauritius fE. Newton 5, 11, 22); Round Island (22); Seychelles (E. Newton 

 11, Lantz 14); St. Helena (Shelley 22, 33). 



The Barred Ground-dove is very common in flocks on the fields in South 

 Celebes; in the North of the island it is unknown. This is commonly the case 

 with Lesser Sunda forms occurring in Celebes. The Saras ins received nest- 

 Ungs from near Allu on the south coast on 1'* Sept., 1895. In its habits it is 

 said by Davison to resemble Turtur tigrinus to some extent; it frequents 

 cultivated ground, feeding upon seeds on the ground. Like T. tigrinus it is 

 much esteemed as a pet by the Malays ; it readily becomes domesticated, and 

 evinces much affection for its owner. It has been recorded as having bred in 

 the gardens of the Zoological Society of London. In Madagascar, the Masca- 

 rene Islands, and St. Helena, where it has been introduced, it now occurs very 

 plentifully as a wild species. 



There are five species of the genus Geopelia found from Australia to 

 Tenasserim; three of these are peculiar to Australia, except that one occurs 

 in S. New Guinea as well. G. striata stands nearest to G. maugei (Temm.) of 

 the Lesser Sunda Islands and Timoi'laut, and to G. tranquiUa Gld. of Australia. 

 G. mavgei may be recognised by its having all the breast barred, without a vinous 

 space on the middle and on the jugulum, the wing below is almost entirely 

 cinnamon -rufous or Hght chestnut. Geopelia tranquiUa also wants the vinous 

 space on the breast, it has no bars on the sides, and the back is greyer. Mr. 

 Hume shows (see supra) that the nestling wants the vinous on the breast, 

 which is entii'ely barred, and in this and in its having the entire wing-lining 

 pale chestnut it suggests the plumage of G. maugei. G. striata may well be a 

 more recent development, since the genus becomes more strongly represented in 

 the direction of Australia and would seem to have originated there. 



GENUS CHALCOPHAPS J. Gd. 



In these Ground-doves the tarsus is not scutellated in front, except on its 

 lower part; the tail is composed of 12 feathers, is much shorter than the wing 

 and nearly square ; the primaries are of normal shape — not ajjpreciably scoop- 

 ed out or attenuated, the upper wing-coverts glossy bronze-green in colour; 

 the bill is rather slender and about as long as the cranium. The genus, which 

 belongs to Salvadori's subfamily Phabiiiae, ranges from India to Australia and 

 the New Hebrides. 



