The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Dialiptila
(Columbidae; syn. Columba † Speckled Pigeon C. guinea) Gr. διαλυω dialuō to part asunder; πτιλον ptilon feather; "2. COLUMBA ... c"'. Feathers of the neck deeply bifurcated (Dialiptila). e4. Rump pale grey . . . . . guinea, p. 266. f 4. Rump dark grey . . . . . phæonota, p. 268." (Salvadori 1893); "Dialiptila SALVADORI, Catal. Birds Brit. Mus., XXI, 1893, p. 243 [in key]. Type, Columba guinea Linnæus (first species mentioned)" (Richmond, 1902, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, no. 1267, p. 678).
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