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Geopelia humeralis headlandi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 187, 
March 20th, 1913 : Port Headland, Mid-West Australia. 
Distr .—Mid and North-West Australia. 
Chrysauchcena humeralis apsleyi (Mathews). 
Geopelia humeralis apsleyi Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 27, 
April 2nd, 1912 : Melville Island, Northern Territory. 
Distr .—Northern Territory. 
Genus GEOPELIA Swainson. 
Geopelia Swainson, Classif. Birds, vol. ii. p. 348, July 1st, 1837. Type 
(by monotypy) : Geopelia lineata Swainson = 6'. sinica Linne. 
Tomopeleia Reiehenbach, Nat. Syst. Vogel, p. xxv, 1852 (1853). Typo (by 
monotypy): Columba maugeus Temm. 
Geopelia placida Gould. 
Distr .—Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
Geopelia placida placida Gould. 
Geopelia placida Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1844, p. 55, Sept.: 
Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Geopelia placida melvillensis Mathews, Austral Av. Roc. vol. i. p. 28, April 2nd 
1912: Melville Island. 
Geopelia placida hedleyi id., ib. p. 84, Sept. 18th, 1912 : Cape York. 
Distr. —Northern Australia. 
Geopelia placida tranquilla Gould. (21-457.) 
Geopelia tranquilla Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1844, p. 50, Sept. : 
Liverpool Plains, New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, Austr. v. pi. 73, 
& Math. pi. 32.) 
Distr .—South Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South 
and South-West Australia. 
Geopelia placida clelandi Mathews. 
Geopelia placida clelandi Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. ISO, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Coongan River, Mid-West Australia. (Ei</ 
Math. pi. 32.) 
Distr. —Mid-West Australia. 
Geopelia maugeus Temm. (21-401.) 
Columba maugeus Temminck, Les Pigeons, pi. 52, p. 115, 1809 • 
les iles do I’Australe Asia=Timor. 
Columba tUaugxi Wagler, Syst. Av. Colunib. sp. 105, 1827 (now spoiling only). 
Geopelia albitieutri# Blyth, Jouru. As. Soc. Bong. vol. xviii. p. 817,1849: Timor. 
Columba multieincta Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. xl. p. 210 
1855 : as 83 m. of albiventris. 
Distr. —Timor Group and Lesser Sunda Islands to Key and 
Tukang-Besi Island. 
