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149. TuRTUR SENEGALENSis (L.) : Sliarpc, Ibis, 1872, p. 73. 

 This Dove is common in the eastern districts of the Gold 



Coast, and seems especially fond of the immediate vicinity of 

 houses or villages. All those shot by me were obtained among 

 the houses of Christiansborg and in the ruins of the fort, 

 where they appear to build in some numbers. They are also 

 to be met with near the little villages of the interior eastern 

 districts ; but I have not seen them in Fantee. 



150. Peristera puella, Schl. : Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 387- 

 All the specimens of this Dove which I have received were 



brought from Denkera by Aubinn. It appears to be common 

 in the interior forests of Fantee. 



151. NuMiDA meleagris, L. : Hartl. p. 199. 



Exists in some numbers in Fantee and the eastern districts 

 in a wild state, but is difficult to flush ; near the settlements 

 it is rare. On the Volta they were more easily obtained. They 

 present many varieties when domesticated, from pure white 

 to the normal colour. I have seen a company of seven white 

 Guinea-fowls at Cape Coast in the yard of a native tenement. 



152. NuMiDA cRisTATA, Pall. : Hartl. p. 199. 



N. plumifera, Sharpe, Ibis, 1872, p. 73 [lapsu calami). 



This fine Guinea-fowl is not uncommon iipon the Gold 

 Coast, where I have seen several specimens. They are found 

 in the vicinity of Winebah, and on the interior plains of Accra. 



I have had them alive in confinement ; and they appear to 

 thrive well, and could probably be domesticated. But they 

 are a great nuisance amongst other birds, especially as regards 

 their congener N. meleagris, as they are of a pugnacious dis- 

 position, and are always vindictively disposed towards the 

 tamer species. 



153. Francolinus lath ami, Hartl. : Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 387. 



This pretty Francolin appears to be common in the interior 

 of Fantee ; but I have never seen them alive. All the speci- 

 mens collected by me were obtained from Aubinn. They lay 

 from eight to ten eggs of a light pink colour: 



