. The birds of South Africa. Birds. COLUMBIDiE COLUMBA 161 Columba phsBonotus, G. B. Gray, List Bt, Mus. Columbae, p. 32 (1856); BucMey, Ibis, 1874, p. 884; Ayres, Ibis, 1877, p. 345,1880, p. 109 : Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 259 [Dry Harts River] ; Butler, Feilden and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 337 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 279 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's,B. S. Afr. pp. 559, 854 (1884); Salvadori, M. xxi, p. 268 (1893); Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 135 (1896) ; Woodward, Bros. Ibis, 1898, p. 217; id. Natal B. p. 129 (1899); Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 403 (1901) ; Raagner, Ibis, 1902, pp. 573, 579 ; Whitehe
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. COLUMBIDiE COLUMBA 161 Columba phsBonotus, G. B. Gray, List Bt, Mus. Columbae, p. 32 (1856); BucMey, Ibis, 1874, p. 884; Ayres, Ibis, 1877, p. 345,1880, p. 109 : Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 259 [Dry Harts River] ; Butler, Feilden and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 337 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 279 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's,B. S. Afr. pp. 559, 854 (1884); Salvadori, M. xxi, p. 268 (1893); Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 135 (1896) ; Woodward, Bros. Ibis, 1898, p. 217; id. Natal B. p. 129 (1899); Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 403 (1901) ; Raagner, Ibis, 1902, pp. 573, 579 ; Whitehead, Ibis, 1903, p. 233; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 6 [Deelfontein]; Shortridge, Ibis, 1904, p. 2oo; Columba trigonera, Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 214, 1864, p. 359, 1868, p. 164. Stictoenas phseonotus, Gurney, in Andersson's B. Damaral. p. 231 (1872) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 83. " Bosch-duif" of the Dutch, "Ivukutu" of Amaxosa (Stanford); " Leeba " of Basutos (Murray).. Fig. 51.—THeadi ot Columba phaojiota. x ij Description. Adult.—Head and neck all round slaty-grey, all round the base of the neck a collar of pointed, somewhat outstand- ing feathers, chestnut brown with pinkish tips ; mantle and most of the inner coverts of the wing maroon, rest of the wings slaty like the head, most of the coverts with small triangular spots of white at their apices, giving the wing a speckled appearance ; rump, upper tail-coverts and tail slaty-grey like the head ; the tail-feathers with a broad terminal bar of black and traces of a subterminal bar as well; below slaty-grey throughout except the collar and a wash of maroon just below it. Iris yellowish-white, sometimes with an outer ring of yellowish- red; bill black to ashy-brown; cere whitish-horn; naked space round the eye and legs crimson. Length (in flesh) 13-5; wing 8 5; tail 4-5; tarsus -95; culmen -80. The sexes are alike. A young bird is without the collar; the back is chestnut rather than maroon and the wh
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