COLUMBID.?:. 



295 



A. Rostro basi hand 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? fronte verticeque cinereis; nuchd lateribusque colli Icete 

 metallico^viridibiis ; auribus albo-maculatis ; alis dorsoque oli- 

 vaceo-viridibus ; gu/d rufd ; pectote ventreque nifescente-oUva- 

 ceisj lined nigra ab angulo rostri ad oculos. 



Goura with the forehead and crown cinereous 3 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 

 iC^d. 



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

 Sp. 5. Go. Jamaicensis, Steph. v. xi. p, 1 26,— Jamaica. 



