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IT. Pterocles gutturalis saturatior subsp. uov. 



(Type : Campi-ya-Simba, Britisli E. Africa, 23. 4. 189s.) 



? ?. Athi Plain, British East Africa, 24. 1. 1899. " Iris chocolate-browii ; feet 

 bluish grey ; bill bluish grey." 



Males of P. gutturalis from British East Africa, the Kilimanjaro district and 

 Bogosland have the rust-coloured extremities to the greater series of wing-coverts of 

 a much deeper rufous colour, while those from Transvaal, Nyassaland and the Zambesi 

 have them paler and somewhat more yellowish. The back and rump in the nortliern 

 birds is also darker brown than in those from Southern Africa. The southern form 

 being first described, the northern one requires a new subspecific name : P. gutturalis 

 sataratior. 



The females of the two forms are perhaps not distinguishable, unless those of 

 P. gutturalis saturatior are more blackish above. 



18. Hagedashia hagedash (Lath.) 



? . Bomili on the Ituri River, Congo Free State, 30. 5. 1899. " Iris blood-red ; 

 feet black with brick-red down the front of the toes and lower Iialf of metatarsus ; 

 bill black with reddish brown tip, basal half of culmen bright red." 



I think that the colour of the iris is given wrong, probably, the blood having 

 broken out into the eyes, for the Hagedash has not red eyes. 



I am inclined to believe that there are two subspecies of Hagedash, birds from 

 N.E. and Eastern Africa being smaller and paler than those from the West African 

 region, which have longer bills and darker breasts. Our material, however, is not 

 sufficient to settle this question. 



19. Phoyx purpurea (L.) 



?. Yanga on the Ituri River, Congo Free State, 29. 5. 1899. " Iris lemon 

 yellow." 



211. Bubulcus ibis (L.) 



? ad., twentieth day from Fort Beni in Great African Forest, 24. 5. 1899. 

 " Iris lemon yellow ; bill lemon yellow." 



21. Columba unicincta Cass. 



An adult ? of this rare pigeon was shot at Diapanda, a Suaheli settlement in 

 the Great African Forest, on the sixth day's march from Fort Bi^ni. " The iris 

 is blood-red ; feet slate-blue ; bill slaty blue, with paler tip : each eyelid with 

 narrow crimson ring, followed by a fleshy brown area, and finally a crimson 

 outer patch." 



Columba unicincta is described from Gaboon (Agobai), and recorded also from 

 Liberia by Biittikofer, who figured it in the Notes of the Leyden Museum v. VIL pi. 6. 

 The specimen from the Great African Forest agrees perfectly with the original 

 description as well as with Biittikofer's figure. 



Dr. Ansorge says these pigeons are very shy and diflicult to approach. 



