Birds from British East Africa and Uganda. 45 



Range. Egypt and Palestine. 



Wing-measurements: Egypt, (5* 152-148 mm.; ? 145 mm. 

 Palestine, $ 139 mm., one unsexed 142 mm. 



Stigmatopelia senegalensis sokotr.e C. Grant. 



Streptopelia senegalensis sokotrce Claude Grant, Bull. 

 B. O. C. vol. XXXV. 1914, p. 19: Hadibu Plain, N. Sokotra. 



Paler, and size somewhat smaller than S. s. senegalensis. 



Type c? ad. Hadibu Plain, N. Sokotra. 12th Dec, 1898 

 (W. R. Ogilvie-Grant & H. O. Forbes). Wing: 129 mm. 



Range. Island of Socotra. 



Wing-measurements : ^ 133-123 mm.; ? 127-123 mm. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant and Dr. Forbes in their paper on the 

 Birds of Sokotra, " Nat. Hist, of Sokotra & Abd el Kuri," 

 Aves, 1903, p. 56, in speaking of this dove, state that it 

 " has the forehead, chin, and throat, and sometimes the 

 lower breast distinctly paler than Arabian examples of this 

 species.'^ 



This, coupled with the small size, compels me to separate 

 this form from either of the mainland races. 



The one unsexed specimen from ^Muscat in the Museum 

 collection has the wing 128 mm., and though small, agrees 

 in coloration with Arabian specimens. 



33. (Ena capensis. Long-tailed African Dove. 

 Columba capensis Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766^ p. 286 : 

 Cape of Good Hope {ex Brisson). 



a. (^ ad. Loita. Oct. 5. 



b. $ ad. Kamchuru, Lobor dist., 3250 ft. Feb. 12. 



c. S <'cl. 20 miles E. of Nimule, 2200 ft. Feb. 25. 

 The specimen from Loita is in good clean dress, and the 



other two are both a little faded. 



Total length in flesh : (J 10 & 7| inches (tail of the last 

 imperfect) ; ? 9| inches. Wing : (J 106 & 101 mm. ^ 

 ? 101 mm. 



I am afraid I cannot recognise CE. c. aiionynia Ober- 

 holser (P. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxviii. 1905, p. 843 : plains east 

 of Mt. Kilimanjaro) ; all specimens I have examined 



