234 BIBDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



generally at the extremity of a bough, constructing a 

 rough nest of a few twigs, with no lining of any kind. 

 The eggs are two in number, of a pure white. 



I have observed these Doves building on August 20th, 

 and have found their eggs abundantly at the end of 

 December ; so that it is probable that they produce two 

 broods in the year. 



[Mr. Andersson's last collection contained specimens of this 

 Dove, one of which was procured as far north as the river 

 Cunene. I have not had the opportunity of examining a sufficient 

 series of specimens to enable me to form a confident opinion as 

 to the propriety of separating the Damara race from the more 

 southern S. capicola ; but it would appear from Mr. Andersson's 

 remarks that the difference of tint, though not great, is yet both 

 constant and perceptible. — Ed.] 



282. Streptopelia semitorquata (Paipp.). Rcd-cycd Dove. 



Cohimba se77iitorquata, Kiippell, Neue Wii-behli. pi. 23. fig. 2. 

 Turtur erythrophrys, Swainson's Bii-ds of West Africa, vol. ii. 

 pi. 22. 



^j ^, Bonaparte's Consp. Av. vol. ii. p. 03. 



Turtur vinaceus, Layard's Cat. No. 509. 



Turtur eryihrophrtjs (?), Chapman's Travels in S. Afi-., App. p. 411. 

 Turtur semitorquatus, Finsch & ilartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, 



p. 541. 

 Streptopelia semitorquata, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 9325. 



I have obtained specimens of a large Dove from Lake 

 Ngami, where it seems to be common, which agrees 

 very nearly with Swainson's description of his "Red- 

 eyed Dove." 



This Dove is not found either in Damara or Great 

 Namaqua Land; neither do 1 remember to have met 

 with it on the Okavango. 



