COLUMBIDJE. 295 



A. Rostro basi haud caruncidato. 



A. With the beak not carunculated at its base. 



Sp. I. Go. Hottentotta. Steph. v. xi. p. 131. — Caffraria. 

 Sp. 2. Go. cruenta. Steph. v. xi. p. 128. — Philippine Islands. 

 Sp. 3. Go? leucotis. 

 Go} front e vert'iceque cinereis ; nuchd lateribusque colli Icete 



metallico-'viridibus ; anribus albo-maculatis ; alls dorsoque ol'i- 



vuceo-viridihus ; guld riifa ; pectore ventreque riifescente-oliva- 



ceis; lined nigra ab angido rostri ad oculos. 

 Goura with the forehead and crown cinereous ; the nape and sides 



of the neck fine metallic-green; the ears spotted with white; 



the wings and back olive-green; the throat red; the breast 



and belly reddish-olive; a black line from the angle of the 



beak to the eyes. 

 Columba leucotis. Temm. PI. Col. 189. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands. Length nine 

 inches and a half: the forehead and top of the head 

 are ashy, changing to olivaceous on the occiput : from 

 the angle of the beak to the eyes is a black line : 

 several shining white feathers clothe the ears : the 

 nape and the sides of the neck are brilliant metallic- 

 green, glossed with changes of purple ; the throat is 

 red : the breast and the belly are of a reddish-olive, 

 with a metallic gloss in certain positions of light : 

 the wings and the back are olive, with slight green 

 reflections : all the tail-feathers are of a purple gloss, 

 with a black band, at a short distance from the tip, 

 and the tip itself is ash : the under tail-coverts are 

 pure ash : the beak is entirely black, and the legs 

 red. 



Sp. 4. Go. cyanocephala. Steph. v. xi, p. 125. — America. 

 Sp. 5. Go. Jamaicensis. Steph. v. xi. p. 126. — Jamaica. 



