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The specimen from Debra Markos (April 9, 1926, Cheesman col- 

 lection) is molting the rectrices. The third (from the outside) 

 remex in each wing is new and about two-thirds grown, the two 

 outer ones are still to be shed ; the rest are new. Inasmuch as birds 

 usually do not undergo a complete molt (that is, one involving the 

 wings and tail) until after the breeding season is over, it would 

 appear that the egg-lajdng time in north-central Ethiopia would be 

 about Jaunary or February, possibly a little earlier. Antinori 

 found this pigeon breeding in Shoa in November ; Erlanger ^^ also 

 found eggs in November near Adis Abeba. 



COLUMBA GUINEA GUINEA Linnaeus 



Columba guinea Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 163, 1758: Guinea 

 (from Edwards). 



Specimens collected: 



One unsexed, Ourso, Ethiopia, no date (Cepharino collection). 



One female adult, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia, December 31, 1911. 



Two male adults, lake Abaya, Ethiopia, March 17, 1912. 



Two male adults. Black Lake Abaya, south, Ethiopia, March 25, 

 1912. 



Two male adults, and 1 female adult, Gato River near Gardula, 

 Ethiopia, April 1-18, 1912. 



Two male adults, and 2 female adults, near Kormali, Ethiopia, 

 May 19, 1912. 



One female, Malele, Kenya Colony, July 27, 1912. 



One female adult, Lekiundu River, Kenya Colony, August 4. 1912. 



Soft parts : Iris, crimson with pale yellowish ring round pupil ; 

 bill, dark lead gray, cere whitish; bare skin around the eye, red; feet, 

 light bluish gray. 



The systematics of the hackle-necked pigeon has been reviewed 

 several times in recent years. Erlanger ^^ confused the races very 

 badly and put longipennis and uhehensis in the synonymy of phae.o- 

 nota^ where they certainly do not belong. He examined no material 

 of uhehensis and ignored the fact that it is said to have a light 

 gray rump as in guinea, which in itself shows it to be distinct from 

 the dark, southern form pJiaeonota. Grant,''^ reporting on the 

 Cozens-Lowe collections, examined the series in the British Museum 

 and concluded that there were three recognizable forms ; the typical 

 West Africa guinea,, a longer winged, eastern race, longipemm, 

 and a dark, southern bird, phaeonota. He also considered uhehensis 



»-Journ. f. Ornith., 1905, p. 112. 



"'Idem, p. 113. 



»*Ibis, 1915, pp. 37-39. 



