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I will confess at once tliat thèse little Pigeons bave beaten me! 

 They bave been written abolit or reviewed by Sci.aiek and Pkakd 

 {Ihis, 1920, pp. 834-836), by Rothschild {Bull. H. (). ('., 

 XXXVIII, 1917, pp. 25-26 and 37) and earlier bv C. Gr.\nt 

 {Ibis, 19 15, p. 39). After reading tbe varions conHicting statenients 

 of thèse authors and comparing their work witb past work of niv 

 own I am in such a niuddle that I prêter to nanie the bird bino- 

 miallvl — with this réservation — that 1 believe it should be 

 nained sclatcri. In the latest unpublished list by Mr. \V. L. ScL.vrER 

 onlv three fonns are recognised. 



1. — TURTUK AFRA AFRA Linn. 



Range. — Given as « Senega^ to Portuguese Gninea and pro- 

 bablv to the Bahr-el-Ghazal ». 



2. — TURTUR AFR.A. KILIMENSIS McarnS. 



Range. — Given as « Sierra Leone to Angola, eastwards to 

 Uganda, Kenya Colony, Nyasaland, S. Khodesia and Zambesi 

 valley ». 



3. — TuRTUR AFRA MEARNSi Scl. aiui Praed. 



Range — Given as Abyssinian and Schoan Highlands. 



This is then Mr. W. L. Sclater's last word on the subject. 

 If \ve take this to be correct the S. Nigérian bird niust be 

 T. a. kiliniensis. 



Lord Rothschild, however, niaintains (1. c.) that tlie dark, 

 coastal birds froni Sierra Leone to the Niger and Angola, etc., are 

 Tiirtur afra sclateri and that the pale birds from Sénégal are 

 T. afra afra, but Scl.-vter cannot apparentlv distingiiish between 

 T. a. sclateri and T. a. kiliinensis. I hâve not seen the tvpes of 

 T. a. kiliniensis. 



I accept the foUowing as the range of 7\ a. sclateri from West 

 Africa. How far east it ranges and where it mets T. a. kiliinensis 

 I am not prepared to sav. 



