BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 213 



brownish in South African examples. This is certainly not upheld 

 by the series of birds available for study. 



Females average more finely spotted than males. 



The speckled pigeon is entirely a bird of the forests and, conse- 

 quently, its distribution is as discontinuous and spotty as is that of 

 forest areas. In Ethiopia and northern Kenya Colony, true forest 

 is found chiefly on the mountains, and consequently the present 

 bird is a highland form, although in South Africa it occurs in the 

 loAvland forests. Because of its dependence on a rather restricted 

 and local tj^pe of habitat, it has been overlooked by several collectors, 

 such as Jesse, whose birds were reported on by Finsch,^° Blanford,^'^ 

 Donaldson Smith,^- Zedlitz,^^ and others. Neumann ^'^ found it in 

 the highlands at elevations of from 2,000 to 3,000 meters (6,600- 

 10,000 feet) ; Erlanger ^^ noted it at over 3,000 meters at Garra 

 Mulata near Harrar, and also at somewhat lower elevations in the 

 forests of the Djam-djam country around the southern Shoan Lake 

 region. 



Besides the specimen collected, Mearns observed flocks of this 

 species around the Abaya Lakes, March 13-18, the largest number 

 recorded in one day being 500 birds. He also noted it at Aletta, 

 March 7-13, 50 seen ; and Gato River, March 29 to May 17, 100 birds. 



The name arquatrix is often credited to Temminck and Knip, but 

 Doctor Richmond informs me that all that Madam Knip had to do 

 with the work in which this name first appeared was to draw the 

 illustrations. Temminck alone was responsible for the text. 



STREPTOPELIA LUGENS (Ruppell) 



Columba lugeiis Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Vog., p. 64, pi. 22, fig. 2, 18.37: 

 Abyssiuian highlands (Taranta Mountains, Tigre). 



Specimens GoUected): 



One male and three females, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia, January 2-10, 

 1912. 



One male, Alaltu, Ethiopia, January 16, 1912. 



One male and two females, Arussi Plateau, Ethiopia, February 

 21-22, 1912. 



One male, Malke, Ethiopia, March 3, 1912. 



One male, near Gato River, Ethiopia, April 17, 1912. 



One female, Sagon River, Ethiopia, June 4, 1912. 



One female, Tertale, Ethiopia, June 9, 1912. 



^o Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872. 



" Geol. and Zool. Abyss., 1870. 



"See Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1895. 



" Journ. f. Oriiitli., iniO. 



" Idem, 1904, p. 346. 



"Idem, 1905, p. 114. 



