Order COLUMBIFORMES 
Family COLUMBID^. 
“ GEOPELIA SHORTRIDGEI.” 
Geopelia shortridgei Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B.O.C., XXIII., p. 73 (1909), Carnarvon, 
Western Australia. 
Geopelia shortridgei Ogilvie-Grant, BuU. B.O.C., XXIII., p. 73 (1909) ; Mathews, Emu, IX., 
p. 92 (1909) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, p. 189 (1910). 
The following are Mr. Ogilvie-Grant’ s remarks on this supposed species, which I 
believe to be a hybrid : — 
“ Adult male. Most nearly allied to G. tranquilla, Gould, but smaller. It resembles that 
species in the general coloration of the under-parts and in having the fore-neck and chest 
narrowly barred with black. The forehead and crown are grey, the occiput rufous, 
the feathers of the back and wings largely washed with the same rufous colour ; 
most of the inner wing-coverts and scapulars have a more or less irregular whitish 
or buff spot near the extremity of either web, and the upper tail-coverts are 
brownish-grey, without dusky terminal bars. From G. cuneata (Lath.), which the 
present species resembles in its smaller size, it may be at once distinguished by the 
transverse blackish lines on the fore-neck and chest and by the pinkish wash on the 
breast. It further somewhat resembles that species in the light spotting on the 
wing-coverts and scapulars. 
“ The under wing-coverts as weU as the inner webs of the quiUs are mostly rufous- 
chestnut, the former being characteristic of G. tranquilla ; the latter of G. cuneata, 
which has the under wing-coverts grey. Iris pale yeUow ; orbital skin dull orange ; 
bill dark slate tinged with magenta ; legs flesh-colour, feet pink, claws light slate- 
colour. Total length 8.0 inches ; wing (imperfect) ca. 4.0 ; tail 4.1, tarsus 0.6. 
“ Hab. Carnarvon, W. Australia. 
“ Obs. As will be seen from reading the description, this bird is intermediate in 
many respects between G. tranquilla and G. cuneata, and may prove to be a hybrid 
between those two species.” 
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