696 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Reid on Birds 



[The Waalia Fruit-Pigeon is easily shot where there are 

 wild fig-trees, to which it flocks in great numbers ; it is 

 curious how a very bare tree may be full of these lovely 

 birds and yet one can with difficulty find them, their 

 plumage is in such perfect harmony with the foliage. — 

 A.E.P.] 



290. COLUMBA ALBITORQUES. 



Columba albitorques Riipp. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 331. 



a. ? . Akaki R., S. Abyssinia, 30th Dec. No. 340. 



[The White-naped Pigeon was only seen in rocky 

 gorges ; when disturbed the large flocks circle to a great 

 height like domestic pigeons, alighting again together. — 

 A. E.P.J 



291. Columba guinea. 



Columba guinea (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 332. 

 a. S- Jeffi Dunsa, S. Abyssinia, 28th Dec. No. 321. 

 Iris orange ; bill black ; naked skin round eye dark pur- 

 plish red ; legs pale red. 



292. TURTUR LUGENS. 



Turtur lugens (Riipp.) ; Grant. Ibis, 1900, p. 332. 

 a. S ' Kora, S. Abyssinia, 10th Feb. No. 474. 

 Iris orange ; bill black ; legs red. 



293. TuRTUR SEMITORQUATUS. 



Turtur semitorquatus (Riipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 332. 

 a. S . Akaki R., S. Abyssinia, 23rd Jan. No. 383. 

 Iris orange-brown ; bill black ; legs dark red. 



294. TuRTUR SENEGALENSIS. 



Turtur senegalensis (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 333. 



a. S . Somadu, Somaliland, 13th Nov. No. 38. 



b. S ' Harrar, S. Abyssinia, 24th Nov. No. 95. 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; legs red. 



295. (Ena capensis. 



(Ena cojjensis (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 333. 



a. ? . Errer Gota, S. Abyssinia, 9th Dec. No. 216. 



