332 Mr. W. 11. Ogilvic Grant on Birds 



a. c?. Gedda, Abyssinia, 1 l-'ebruary, 1899. (No. 285.) 



Iris red ; bill black ; legs red. 



[Lives in colonies in the rocks. When feeding in flocks, 

 these Pigeons often keep very close together on the 

 ground. — L.] 



285. COLUMBA GUINEA. 



Columba guinea (Linn.) ; Salvad, Cat. B. Brit. Miis. xxi. 

 p. 266 (1893) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 517. 



a. c?. Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 

 (No. 186.) 



Iris red, round pupil dark red; bill dark; legs pinkish. 



[This widely-distributed Pigeon nests in the rocks. — L.] 



286. Columba arquatrix. 



Columba arquatrix Temm. ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. 

 p. 276 (1893). 



a. ($ . Warabili, Abyssinia, 3 January, 1899. (No. 97.) 



Iris orange-red; bill, eyelids, and legs light yellow. 



[The only two occasions on which we came across this 

 Pigeon was in thick forest. The food found in the crop 

 consisted of berries, which it obtains by climbing about 

 among the branches. It appeared to move about in the trees 

 with greater ease than is usual among birds of this kind. — L.] 



287. TURTUR LUOENS. 



Turtur lugens (Riipp.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. 

 p. 408 (1893) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895. p. 517. 



a. ? . Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 262.) 

 Iris orange-red ; bill black ; legs red. 

 [Very common on the high plateaux. — L.] 



288. TuRTUR semitorquatus. 



Turtur semitorquatus (Riipp.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxi. p. 416 (1893). 



a. $ . Mendi, Abyssinia, 18 April, 1899. (No. 48i.) 



Narrow orange iris surrounding a large pupil ; bill black ; 

 legs dull red. 



[Widely distributed throughout the valleys of Southern 

 Abyssinia. — L] 



