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6\ cT, 9 , Nov., Athi River. 



It will be observed that these specimens are practically topo- 

 types. The males of this form are described as having "the rust 

 colored extremities to the greater series of wing-coverts of a much 

 deeper rufous color," and "the back and rump darker brown than 

 in those from southern Africa." 



Family Treroiiidse. 



10. Vinago calva nudirostris (Swains.). 



Vinago nudirostris Swainson, Birds of West Africa, II. (1837), 

 p. 205. Senegal. 



cf , d\ May, Nairobi. 



See NEUMANN, Journal fitr Ornithologie, 1898, pp. 294, 295, 

 subspecific relations; SHARPE, Ibis, 1902, pp. 98, 99, geographical 

 forms of V. calva; NEUMANN, Journal fur Ornithologie, 1904, pp. 342- 

 344, characters and distribution of subspecies. 



Family Columbidse. 



11. Columba guinea Linnceus. 



Systema Naturae, loth edition (1758), p. 163. Africa. 



cT, Feb., Gilgil. 



cT im., Nov., Athi River. 



The immature specimen is fully grown, but lacks the collar of 

 bifurcated cinnamon-colored feathers possessed by adults, this area 

 being blue like the breast with a trace of cinnamon visible. 



12. Columba arquatrix arquatricula (Bp.). 



Columba arquatricula Bonaparte, Conspectus Generum Avium, 

 II. (1854), p. 50. Abyssinia. 



9 , Dec., Lucania. 



See OBERHOLSER, Proceedings National Museum, Washington, 

 1905, pp. 841, 842, subspecific characters. 



13. Turtur lugens (Riipp.). 



Columba lugens Rtippell, Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von 

 Abyssinien, Vogel, 1835, p. 64. Abyssinia. 

 (5\ 9 , Jan., Kijabe. 



