434 Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton on the 



10" 2 inches. This is Turtur capicola of my paper in ' Tlie 

 Ibis 'for 1907, p. 306. 



253. Turtur senegalensis. Laughing Dove. 



Rh. On March 7th, 1906, I saw one of these Doves 

 between Chirinda and Spungabera, in thorn- and grass-jungle 

 country, and Odendaal has recently sent me a female, 

 obtained by him near Chirinda on Jan. 12th, 1908. 



254. Tympanistria bicolor. Tambourine Dove. 

 Siuguni : " Isibambalam." Chiudao : " Chipuri," 



Rh., P. Both in the dense bush of the Jihu, where it is 

 plentiful, and on the outskirts of Chirinda this species will 

 venture out a few yards to feed in cultivated ground, but it 

 is exceedingly shy and retreats into the thicket at the slightest 

 alarm. I noted it at Brent's, on the Lusitu, in September, 

 and at Arucate early in December. In the latter month I 

 also shot a breeding male in the open woods at Chibabava, 

 the only occasion on which I have found the birds in this 

 kind of country. Fifteen of them averaged 8"61 inches in 

 the flesh, with a variation of from 8*2 to 9 inches. A number 

 of stomachs examined contained seeds of Sorghum, Eleusine, 

 Albizzia, Celtis, and two species of Croton. The bare skin 

 round the eye is dark grey. 



255. Chalcopelia afra. Emerald Spotted Dove. 

 Singuni : " Isibambalama." Chiudao : " Chipuri." 



Eh., P. Unlike the preceding species, this Dove is very 

 tame and confiding, and is always to be seen walking about 

 and feeding in cultivated ground. It has increased noticeably 

 in numbers in the neighbourhood of Chirinda during the 

 past year, as well as being found fairly commonly throughout 

 all parts of the country which I have visited — northwards to 

 and beyond Melsetter and eastwards to the coast. It is 

 common in the grass- jungle on the Kurumadzi, but particu- 

 larly in the Kafir clearings, where I found it extremely tame, 

 moving on only a few yards when flushed at very close 

 quarters. In the low veld from November to January I 

 noted these Doves particularly at the Mwangezi and Umtefu 



