IN WESTERN LIBERIA. ^27 



Hab. Liberia and Gaboon. 



A single specimen (9) collected at Sofore Place. 



As this specimen agrees in every respect with the plain 

 description given by Cassin, 1. c, I have nothing to add 

 to it. This fine Pigeon is certainly an exceedingly quiet 

 or rather rare bird, as the captured specimen is the only 

 one we ever saw. It^ was shot on the large and thickly 

 wooded island Alin, near Sofore Place, in the St. Paul's 

 River. Not acquainted with Cassin 's description , I thought 

 it at first a new species , but notwithstanding all our pains- 

 taking we were not]able to procure more specimens. 



Iris red, and also the naked space round the eye, bill 

 blackish, point pale horn-color, feet gray. 



Columha iriditorques. 



Columba iriditorques^ Cass. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 

 1856, p. 254; — Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 267; — Schl. 

 Mus. P.-B., Columbae, p. 69. 



Turturoena iriditorques, Shelley, Ibis 1883, p. 291. 



Hab, West Africa, from Liberia to the Gaboon; St. Thomas. 



Two specimens obtained near Sofore Place. 



There is nothing to add to Cassin's and Capt. Shelley's 

 description of this interesting species , except the color of 

 the iris, bill and feet. Both specimens were shot on the 

 ground in a thicket of low bush. We never observed them 

 in high forest. 



Iris pale rose-color, bill blue at the base, with horny 

 yellow point, feet flesh-color. 



Turtur semitorquatus. 



Columba semitorquata , Rüpp. Neue Wirbelth. Vög. 1835, 

 p. 66, pi. 23. 



Turtur erythrophrys , Swains. Birds W. Afr. II, p. 207 , 

 pi. 22; — Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 195. 



Notes from the Ley den IVEuseum, "Vol. "VII. 



