118 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the 



61. Columba thomensis. 



Columba thomensis Bocage ; Reichenow, Vogel Afrikas, 

 i. 1901, p. 405 ; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, ii. 1903 

 p. 36 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, p. 83. 



I have not been able to examine a specimen of this 

 Pigeon, but I should imagine that it is only an island-form 

 of C. arquatrix Temm., and should therefore be known as 

 Columba arquatrix thomensis. 



The St. Thomas Pigeon is evidently an exceedingly rare 

 bird confined to that island and to the islet of Rolas. 

 No recent collections from these islands appear to have 

 contained examples. 



C. thomensis was first mentioned by Bocage in the Jorn. 

 Sci. Lisboa, 1887, p. 87, and described by him as C. arquatrix 

 var. thomensis in the same Journal for 1888, p. 230. 



In the ' Catalogue of Birds,' xxi. p. 277 (footnote), a 

 translation of the original description is given. See also 

 Reichenow. 



62. ^Turturcena malherbei. 



Turturmna malherbei (Verr.) ; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, ii. 1903, p. 37 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, 

 p. 84 ; Bannerman, Ibis, 1914, p. 629. 



a. ? ad. (No. 63). Near Sao Thome. 2.ii. 09. 



This specimen is said by Alexander to have been breeding 

 when he shot it. 



63. '^Streptopelia senegalensis. 



Turtur senegalensis (Linn.) ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 

 1905, p. 84. 



a,h. S % ad. (Nos. 95, 97). Zalma. 4. ii. 09. 



c. S ad. (No. 96). „ 5.ii.09. 



d. S ad. (No. 94). „ 6.ii.09. 



When Count Salvadori published his list, the Senegal 

 Turtle-Do ve had not hitherto been recorded from any of 

 the islands of the Gulf of Guinea. Its occurrence in 

 St. Thomas was not, however, unknown. Bocage recorded 

 two birds of this species from the island, but considered that 

 their occurrence there might have been accidental. It 



