. Austral avian record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna. Birds Australia; Ornithology. THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD. Vol. III., No. 1. June 30th, 1915. CONTENTS. PAGE On Columba pallida Latham ... ... ... ... 1 On the Ornithology of the Dictionnaire des Sciences Natttrelles (Levrault) ... 5 Maperia godmanm ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 Two New Subspecies 24 ON COLUMBA PALLIDA LATHAM. By G. M. Mathews. Plate I. In the Gen. Synopsis Birds, Suppl. II. 1801, p. 270, Latham described a " Pale P(igeon). The bill and legs in this bird are brown, the genera
. Austral avian record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna. Birds Australia; Ornithology. THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD. Vol. III., No. 1. June 30th, 1915. CONTENTS. PAGE On Columba pallida Latham ... ... ... ... 1 On the Ornithology of the Dictionnaire des Sciences Natttrelles (Levrault) ... 5 Maperia godmanm ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 Two New Subspecies 24 ON COLUMBA PALLIDA LATHAM. By G. M. Mathews. Plate I. In the Gen. Synopsis Birds, Suppl. II. 1801, p. 270, Latham described a " Pale P(igeon). The bill and legs in this bird are brown, the general colour of the plumage greenish white, the head and neck inclining to ash colour ; the greater quills are plain, but the rest marked irregularly with black on each side the shafts ; the two middle tail-feathers are dusky, the others very pale or whitish ; the outer edge of the wings and the quills are dusky. Inhabits New Holland J' Upon this was based the name Columba pallida, given in the Index Ornith. Suppl. 1801, p. lx. This name does not seem to have come into recognition until Gould, in the Introduction to the Birds of Australia, 8vo ed., p. 67, 1848, cited it as a synonym of Cuculus inornaius Vig. and Horsf., as figured in his Birds Austr., Vol. IV., pi. 85. It may be here noted that Gould assisted Strickland in the examination of the Lambert drawings, and apparently. .. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, Gregory M. (Gregory Macalister), 1876-1949. London : Witherby
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