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harmonzietl with that of the branches. Often remained quite 

 still until one got to within a few meters of it. 



One of these two specimens was a full-grown male with 

 swollen testes. The other was a younger individual, the tips of 

 the grey feathers on its belly being pale rust- coloured. The grey 

 colour of the crown and the sides of the head is also lighter 

 in the latter than in the fully developed male. Otherwise it 

 agrees in every respect with the one in full dress. 

 The following measurement are to be recorded: 

 wing, culmen, tarsus, tail, 



176 mm. 16 mm. 22 mm. 120 mm. ad. 

 176 mm. 18 mm. 23 mm. 112 mm. jun. 

 Irides reddish yellow; bill dark-grey (almost black), in the 

 young bird bluish grey; legs dark-reddish lilac. 



Streptopelia decipiens permista Rchw. — Rchw. Ill, p. 808. 



22 (5(5 ad. 18. 8.; 12 juv. 18. 8. Kisumu (Victoria Nyanza). — 

 1 (5 ad. 22. 8. Kendu. 



Around the shores of Victoria Nyanza this pigeon was 

 common everywhere. In large flocks it frequented the low trees 

 and bushes growing at the water's edge or out in the water. 



Z e d 1 i t z (J. f. 0. 1914, p. 644- 654) discusses the family 

 Turtur very minutely and distinguishes 7 forms belonging to 

 the decipiens group. My specimens all belong to the above- 

 named. 



Reich enow states (op. cit. p. 808) that permista has 

 the white parts of the lower part of the body widely distended. 

 One of my specimens agrees with tbis, but another has a 

 predominantly pale greyish brown tint on the lower part of 

 the body. 



The young bird strongly puts one in mind of the young of 

 S. capicola tropica, but has all the feathers of the head and 

 neck and those of the fore-neck and breast bordered with brown 

 ish grey. The flanks in the former are greyish blue, but in 

 the latter they are yellowish white or of a pale wine-coloured 

 shade. The outer-web of the extreme tail-coverts are, however, 

 as in old birds, predominantly black, whereas, the young bird 

 of S. c, trop.^ on the other hand, has the outer -web generally 

 white. 



The measurement figures for the length of wing in my 

 specimens do not exactly coincide with Erlanger's (cfcf 

 160—165, 99 153— 155 mm): they are for the 3 cTcf 155—157 

 mm. (the young bird, 145 mm). 



Irides citron -yellow; bill black; legs pale blue lilac-dark 

 coral-red. 



