Order C0LUMBIF0RME8 
No. 4.4:. 
Family COLUMBIDM. 
GEOPHAPS SMITHII. 
NAKED-EYED PARTRIDGE-PIGEON. 
(Plate 41.) 
CoLUMBA SMITHII Jardine and Selby, 111. Orn., II., PL 104 (1830), New Holland. 
Columha smithii Jardine and Selby, 111. Orn., II., PI. 104 (1830). 
Golumha [Oeo'phaps) smithii Thienemann, Eortpflanz. ges. Vogel, p. 56 (1846). 
Geophaps smithii Gould, B. Austr., V., p. 68 (1842) ; id., Handb.B. Austr., II., p. 133 (1865); 
Bamsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., I., p. 183 (1875) ; id., Tab. List Austr. B., p. 18 (1888) ; 
North, Austr. Mus. Cat., No. 12, p. 276 (1889) ; Hartert, Nov. ZooL, XII., p. 197 
(1905). 
Geophaps smithi Bonaparte, Consp. Av., II., p. 87 (1855) ; Salvadori, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., XXI., 
p. 532 (1893) ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. B., p. 691 (1901) ; Le Souef, Emu, 
II., p. 94 (1902) ; Hall, Key B. Austr., p. 72 (1906) ; Mathews, Handl. B. Austral., 
p. 11 (1908) ; HaD and Rogers, Emu, VII., p. 141 (1908). 
Peristera smithii Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 179 (1865). 
Phaps smithii Schlegel, Mus. P.-B., IV., Columbse, p. 155 (1873), 
Distribution. North-west Australia ; Northern Territory. 
Adult. General colour above earth-brown, including the head, back, wings and middle 
tail-feathers ; wing-speculum, which is formed by the metallic spots on the outer 
webs of some of the greater coverts and innermost secondaries, wavy purple and 
green ; outer tail-feathers brown, with broad black tips ; a narrow white and black 
line on the lores, encircHng the eye ; the white of the throat extending on to the 
sides of the neck to behind the ear-coverts ; cheeks grey, like the narrow hue 
which fringes the white patch on the throat ; fore-neck and breast vinous-gre}?-, 
on the middle of the latter, a few grey feathers narrowly barred with black ; sides of 
body, axiUaries and under wing-coverts white ; lower flanks like the breast ; 
abdomen and vent wliitish-buff ; thighs buff ; under tail-coverts brown, margined 
with white ; “ Bill blackish ; iris white, feet dull pink ” (J. T. Tunney), Total 
length, 290 mm. ; culmen, 20 ; wing, 136 ; tail, 101 ; tarsus, 23. 
Nest. “ Eggs are laid on the ground in a slight nest made of grass, or sometimes on a tussock 
of grass ” (Le Souef). 
Eggs. “ Clutch, two ; somewhat oval, slightly glossy ; colour, very pale cream. 
Dimensions in niches, 1.13 to 1.08 by .84 to .8 ” (Le Souef). 
Breeding season. August to October (Gilbert) ; December and July (Le Souef), 
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