from Equatorial Africa. 99 



of the body. Tlie yellower birds, which apparently always 

 have a more extended bare forehead, should bear the name of 

 V. nudirostris ; but there seems to me to be yet a third race 

 of these Green Pigeons I'rom Gaboon and other parts of 

 tropical West Africa. This is a very dingy olive-green 

 tinted bird with scarcely any indication of grey neck-collar. 

 It is in every respect such a dark green bird that it is not 

 possible to confound it with V. calva and V. nudirostris. I 

 think that this race must bear the name of V. pytiriopsis 

 of Bonaparte (C. R. xxxix. p. 837, 1854). Dr. jleichenow 

 quotes a similar name as given by Jules Verreaux in 1851 

 (Rev. et Mug. de Zool. p. 421), but I fail to find this name 

 as published by Verreaux. Specimens of Vinago pytiriopsis 

 (Bp.) are in the Britis^h Museum from Gaboon [Maison 

 Verreaux, sent as V. nudirostris) (DuChaillu) ; Prince's 

 Island {F. Neivton). 



Of the specimens included in the ' Catalogue ' by Count 

 Salvador! under the heading of Vinago calva (xxi. pp. 22, 23), 

 the following should, I think, be referred to V. nudirostris, 

 the rest remaining as V. calva : — b. W. Africa {Verreaux) ; 

 V. R. Niger [Dr. Baikie); x. Slionga {W. A. Forbes^ ; m' , n' . 

 Semmio and Sassa, Niam-Niam {F. Bohndorff) ; i'. Angola 

 [Munteiro) ; o'-r'. Kilimanjaro {Sir H. H. Johnston). In 

 addition, we have examples from Kikuyu {R. Crawshay) ; 

 Machako's (Dr. Hinde), and Marungu {Major Kenrick). 



6. COLUMBA GUINEA. 



Columba guinea (L.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. 

 p. 226 (1893) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1898, p. 291; Sharpe, Hand-1. 

 i. p. 69 (1899) ; Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, p. 401 (1901). 



S ad. Mt. Elgon. 



7. TURTUR LUGENS. 



Turtur lugens (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 78 (1899); 

 Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, p. 408 (1901). 



No. 638. S ■ Lake Baringo, March 20, 1901. 



8. Sarothrura pulchra. 



Coretlirura puJchra Neum, J. f. O. 1898, p. 273. 



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