COLUMBA. 89 



Colninba phseonota, O. E. Gray. 



Columta phaeonota, Sharpe's ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 659 (1875- 

 84) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1877, p. 345 ; 1880, p. 109 ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxi. p. 268 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 69 (1899). 



The two eggs of the South-African Speckled Pigeon in the 

 Collection differ greatly in size and measure respectively : 1-6 by 1-2 ; 

 1'35 by 1-05. They are moderately glossy. 



1. S. Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



1- Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [P.]. 



Columba leucocepbala, Linn. 



Columba leucocepliala, Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 299 (1847); Baird, 

 Brewer ^ Bidgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 363 (1874) ; Cory, Birds 

 Bahama Is. p. 137 (1880) ; Bendire, Life Mist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 131, 

 pi. iv. fig. 4 (1892) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 278 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Sandal, i.-^. 70 {1%%^). 



The egg of the White-crowned Pigeon, or Bald-pate, in the 

 Collection measures 1-36 by 1-05, and is glossy. 



1. Jamaica (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Columba speciosa, Gm. 



Columba speciosa, Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 543 ; Salvadori, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xxi. p. 281 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 70 (1899). 



The egg of the Scallop-necked Pigeon in the Collection is glossy 

 and measures 1'48 by 1-05. 



1. Remedies, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 {T.K. Salmon). 



Columba araucana. Less. 



Columba araucana, Jaifies, New List of Chilian Birds, p. 10 (1892) ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 296 (1893) ; Lane, Ibis, 1897, 

 p. 297 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 71 (1899). 



The eggs of the Chilian Pigeon in the Collection are glossy, and 

 measure respectively: 1-44 by 1'05; 1*5 by 1-15; l-55byl'18; 

 1-62 by 1-15. 



1. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



1. Chile, 16th December. Berkeley James Coll. 



1. Chile. Purchased. 



1. Laid in confinement in England, E. U. Meade-Waldo, Esq. [P.]. 

 July. 



Columba laurivora, Wehl Sf Berth. 



Columba laurivora. Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 31 (1875) ; Salvadori, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 297 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 71 (1899). 



