2G Hon. N. C. Rothschild and Mr. A. F. H. Uollaston 



72. TuRTUR SEN'EOALKNsis (Linn,). 

 27 c?, 105 S,\2Q S, 128 ? juv. 



This Turtle-Dove uas very common at Shendi, but less so 

 than T. roseogriseus. We found several nests ; the number 

 of eggs was always two. They are glossy white ; average 

 measurements 2o"] by ]9"5 and 24 by 19 mm. 



73. CEna capensis (Linn.). 



52 d, 104 d, 105 6 , 149 J, 159 J, 235 6, 382 c^, 

 383 6,^2 6 juv., 134 ? , 289 ? , 384 ? . 



We first saw this little long-tailed Dove at Berber, which 

 may perhaps be considered its northernmost limit. At 

 Shendi it was very plentiful and well distributed all over the 

 country, a nest being even found in the desert ten or more 

 miles from the river. 



We found the nest of this species several times, the first 

 being on February 20th. It is the slightest possible structure 

 of fine twigs and coarse grass, or sometimes of grass only, and 

 is placed in a low bush, generally not more than three feet 

 from the ground. The number of eggs was sometimes one, 

 more often two. They are not white, like those of most 

 Columhida, but are of a rich cream-colour, and have a hard 

 and thick shell. Measurements: 20-1 by 16, 217 by 15*9, 

 20 by 15-5, and 20-5 by 16 mm. 



74. Strix flammea maculata Brehm. 



423 c? , 427 c? , 434 c? , 424 ? , 428 ? , 41.2 ? , 438 (sex ?), 

 439 (sex ?). 



Our specimens of the Barn-Owl agree very well with the 

 types of Brehm's «S'. /. uiaculata how in the Tring Museum. 

 They all have a dark strongly spotted upper surface ; and 

 the under surface is also heavily marked with blackish spots, 

 some of which are shaped very much like arrow-heads. 

 In these features they difl'ei' from the Barn-Owl of Lower 

 Egypt and the neighbourhood of Cairo, which F. Hartcrt 

 (Nov. Zool. vii. p. 533) has provisionally united with the 

 West-European and Mediterranean form, the S.f. kirchho-ffi 

 of Brehm. The legs of our specimens also appear to be 

 somewhat longer and more bare than in typical European 

 specimens. 



