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COLUMBiE. 
CoLUMBIDiE. 
Tegetmeier, W. B, Pigeona, their Structure^ Habits, and Varieties, Lon- 
don : 1867. 8vo. 
The numerous domesticated races of Columha livia are very fully and sci- 
entifically treated, so that this work is a valuable aid to the professed orni- 
thologist, [Cy. Zoologist, S. S. pp. 929-943.] 
Chamccpelia anais (Less.) is probably identical with Columha erythrothoraXy 
Meyen (Act. L.-O. xvi. . Suppl. p. 98, tab, 16), and this last is the older name, 
P. L. Sclater & 0. Salvin, P. Z. S. 1807, p. 989. 
Leptoptila cassini is a new species, twice confounded (Proc. Acad. Philad, 
1860, p. 195, and Ann. Lyc. New York, vii. p. 333) with L. verreauxij from 
which it is very different in appearance, the former being dark in colour, 
the latter very light. G. N. Lawrence, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1807, pp. 94, 95, 
Scardafella inca is figured. D. G. Elliot, B. N. Am. part vi. 
Geotrygon sylvatica ; notes on its habits, with reference to the Columbine 
affinity of Didus. R. Hill, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1807, pp. 130, 131. 
Ptilopus aurantiiventris is described as a] new species from the K<5 Islands. 
R. von Rosenberg, Natuurlf. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxix. (1860) p. 144. 
Ptilopus sganzini is figured. II. Schlegel Sc F. P, L. Pollen, Rech. Faun. 
Madag. pi. 37, figs. 1, 2. 
Ptihpus, the species of this genus found in the Pacific Islands are the sub- 
ject of some valuable remarks. 0. Finsch & G. Ilartlaub, Beitr. Faun. 
Centralpolyn. pp. 121-134. 
P. emsarinuh (Zool. Rec. ii. p. 110) is P. peroussii, Peale, and is figured. 
lid, tomcit. pp. 110-112, taf. xi, fig. 1. 
Columha vitimsiSf Quoy, is figured. lid. tom. cit. taf. xi. fig. 2. 
Columha polleni (Zool. Rec. ii. p. 122) is figured. II. Schlegel & F. P. L. 
Rech. Faun. Madag. pi. 37. 
Columha malaccensis \Gcopclia striata~] was shot in September 1801, near 
Prague. E. Schauer, Sitzungsb. z.-b. Gesellsch. Wien, 1867, p. 40. 
Carpophaga luctuosa and C. Icucomelaj their heads figured. S. Biggies, 
Orn. Austral, part xv. 
Lophopliaps leucogaster is described and figured as a new species nearly re- 
sembling L. plumifera, but larger and with a whiter head and brighter rayed 
markings above. .1. Gould, B. Austral. Suppl. part iv. 
Loplxophaps ferruginea is figured. Id. he. cit. 
Treron nudifrons is described as a new species from Cabinda (West Africa), 
allied to T. caha. J. V. Barboza du Bocage, Join. Sc. lisboa, 1867, p. 144. 
Turtur<xna — , a male example from St. Thomas’s Isle (West Africa) is 
doubtfully described as a new species, but left unnamed. J. V. Barboza du 
Bocage, Joru. Sc. Lisboa, 1807, pp. 144, 145. Referred to Columha cldoroplimi 
(Zool . Rec. iii. p. 103). Id. tom. cit, p. 338. 
“ Peristd'a parallinostigma, P. Wiirt.” (Naumannia, 1857, p. 434) is P. afra. 
T. V. Ileuglin, J. f. 0. lk)7, p. 301. 
Columha risoria (Zool. Rec. i. p. 87) should be admitted to the European 
Fauna. — Alleon, R. Z. 1807, pp. 5-7. [Cf. Ibis, 1808, pp. 222, 223.] 
“ Turtur turturoidcs, P. Wiirt.” (Naumannia, 1857, p. 434) is T. auritus, 
T. V. Ileuglin, J. f. O. 1807, p. 301, 
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