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COLUMBID^ 



(EN A 



Genus IV. (ENA. 



Ty^e. 



(Ena, Swains., Class. Birds, ii, p. 349 (1837) OE. capensis. 



Bill very slender and pointed ; the horny portion exceeding the 

 soft basal portion in length; wings pointed, the second quill the 

 longest; tail very long and graduated; the middle feathers more 

 than twice as long as the outer pair and considerably longer than the 



Fig. 54. — Tail of (Ena capensis from below, x | 



wing ; feet slender, the tarsus about equal to the middle toe without 

 the claw ; metallic spots present on the wings and two dark bands 

 across the rump ; sexes distinct. 



Only one species of this genus has been hitherto recognised ; 

 this is spread over Tropical and South Africa and extends into 

 Arabia and Madagascar. 



639. (Ena capensis. Namaqua Dove. 



Columba capensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i, p. 286 (1766) ; Burchell, 

 Travels, i, pp. 327, 501 (1822) ; Grill, E. Vet. Ahad.Handl. StocMolm, 

 ii, no. 10, p. 51 (1858). 



La Tourtelette, Levaillant, Ois. d'Afr. vi, p. 88, pis. 278-5 (1808). 



CEna capensis, Qurney, Ibis, 1865, p. 270 [Natal] ; Layard, B. S. Afr. 



