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121. T reran calva (Temm.). 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 226; id. 1886, p. 264. 



During my stay at Hill Town in January , the green 

 Pigeons came almost every morning in whole flocks upon 

 a Fig-tree close to my station, where I easily killed one or 

 two, whenever I was out of fresh meat. My »strangerfather", 

 the Chief of the place , was very estonished seeing that i 

 never shot more than I just needed , but after I had told 

 him , that if I disturbed them too much , they would never 

 come back , he said to some of his people in the usual 

 corrupted English; »You fools! Them white man clever 

 pass (is more clever than) we all ! Them tree be him pro- 

 vision-box, to day two, to morrow two, bamby (by aud 

 by) all!" 



122. C I u mb a n nicinr t a ^ Cass. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885 , p. 226, pi. 6. 



On the fourth of January, just after T had settled at 

 Hill Town , a native brought me a specimen of this rare 

 pigeon, but unfortunately the head of it was shot to pie- 

 ces. As he promised to bring soon more specimens of the 

 same species , I thought that at length 1 had found a place, 

 where they would be numerous, and therefore neglected 

 to preserve the mutilated specimen. I am sorry to say that 

 afterwards I never met with the bird again. 



123. C I umh a iriditorques, Cass. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 227; id. 1886, p. 264. 



Several specimens from Du Queah and Junk River. 



124. Peristera p u e Ha, Schl. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 228; id. 1886, p. 265. 



Only now and then met with in low forest near Hill 



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