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from below may see the two white eggs through the nest. It is 

 seldom that more than one egg is hatched. The young are usually 

 fledged by the middle of January." Eggs in the South African 

 Museum, taken in November near Durban, are smooth, oval, and 

 white with a creamy tinge ; they measure 1-0 x -TS. 



Genus VII. HAPLOPELIA. 



Type. 



Aplopelia, -Bp. Consp. Av. ii, p. 66 (1854) H. larvata. 



Haplopelia, Sundev. Tentamen, p. 100 (1872) H. larvata. 



Form stout and robust ; bill moderate, the terminal horny portion 

 shorter than the basal portion ; wing somewhat rounded, the third 

 primary the longest, this exceeds the longest secondary by more 

 than the length of the tarsus ; tail shorter than the wing, slightly 

 graduated ; tarsus stout and strong, slightly exceeding in length 

 the middle toe without claw ; no metallic spots but a general 

 metallic sheen on the upper portion of the back ; sexes closely 

 resembling one another. 



Some four species of this genus, one of which is South African, 

 have been hitherto recognised ; all are confined to the Ethiopian 

 Eegion. 



642. Haplopelia larvata. Lemon Dove. 



Le Tourterelle &, masque blanc, Levaill. Ois. d'AJr. vi, p. 80, pi. 269 



(1808). 

 Columba larvata, Temm. d Knip, Pig. i, fam. sec. p. 71, pi. 31 (1808- 



11) ; Grill, E. Vet. ATcad. Handl. ii, no. 10, p. 51 (1858) [Cape divi- 

 sion and Knysna]. 

 Peristera larvata, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 263 (1867) ; Gurney, Ibis, 



1868, p. 47 [Natal] ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 84 ; Barratt, Ibis, 1876, 



p. 208 ; Ayres, Ibis, 1876, p. 433. 

 Aplopelia larvata, Holub d Peheln, Cm. Sud-Afr. p. 176 (1882). 

 Haplopelia larvata, Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 293 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard' s 



B. S. Afr. p. 564 (1884) ; Salvadori, Cat. B. M. xxi, p. 588 (1893) ; 



Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 136 (1896) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 515 [Eshowe] ; 



Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 135 (1899) ; Beichenow, Viig. Afr. i, 



p. 420 (1901) ; Shortridge, Ibis, 1904, p. 201. 

 " Cinnamon " or " Lemon Dove " of English, " Lamoen Duif " of Dutch. 



Description. Adult. — Forehead and front of the face white, 

 becoming a metallic-pink (or green in some lights) on the crown, 

 occiput, hind neck and upper portion of the mantle; rest of the 

 upper surface, including the wings and two central tail-feathers 



