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changing into grey on the rest of the lower parts ; under tail-coverts 

 greyish-cinnamon ; under wing-coverts grey ; central tail-feathers 

 brown-cinnamon ; lateral rectrices black, but the inner ones tinged 

 with rufous on the outer webs, outer pair edged with rufous on the 

 outer web" (Salvadori, Catalogue of Birds, vol. xxi. p. 492). 



Geoffroy's Dove {Peristera geoffroyi). 



"Female. — Reddish-brown, paler on the forehead, throat, and 

 abdomen, changing into fawn colour on the vent and under tail- 

 coverts ; three oblique bands on the wings, a very narrow deep blue 

 one on the smaller wing-coverts, the other two on the median and 

 greater wing-coverts of a chestnut colour, and edged behind with a 

 narrow band of fawn colour ; bastard wing, primary coverts, and 

 under wing-coverts blackish-brown ; quills brown, with narrow 

 reddish edges ; two central tail-feathers reddish-brown, the lateral 

 ones greyish towards the base, black about the middle, and reddish- 

 fawn colour at the tip" (Salvadori, Catalogue of Birds, vol. xxi. 

 pp. 494, 495). 



Black-winged Dove (Metriopelia melanoptera). 



The female differs from the male in its greyish-brown under parts 

 without rosy tint ; chin and middle of abdomen almost white. 



Chapter XXX. 

 BRONZE-WINGS (Phabince). 



Harlequin Dove (CEna capensis). 



"The female has no black on the head or breast, the forehead 

 and breast being white to mauve-grey ; the crown and nape are 

 brown like the back- the white on the outer pair of tail-feathers 

 also is more developed, especially on the outer web; bill black ish ; 

 feet dark purplish-grey " (Stark and Sclater, Birds oj South Africa, 

 vol. iv. p. 175). 



Tambourine Dove (Tympanistria tympanistria). 



" In the female the white of the face and under parts is tinged 

 with dusky ; the wing spots are black, and not metallic " (Stark 

 and Sclater, Birds of South Africa, vol. iv. p. 179). In addition to 

 the above, the female is slightly smaller and more squat than the 

 male. 



Emerald Dove (Chalcopelia chalcosp>ila). 



The female is smaller and paler than the male, and has a less 

 alert and more squat appearance. 



