Genus — G E 0 P H A P S . 
Geophaps (Gould), Gra}’, App. List Gen. B., p. 12 (1842), . . G. scripta. 
Gould, B. Austr., V., PLs. 67, 68 (1842). 
Differs from the genus Petrophassa in having a stronger bill and thick-set feet. 
The wing is somewhat short and broad. The tail slight!)^ rounded and composed 
of fourteen rectrices. 
Distribution. Austraha. (Two species only.) 
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