— igS — 



Range. — Caineroon (River Ja), Gaboon, N. Belgian Congo 

 (Uelle River district). 



Distiiigtiis/iiiig clhii dcUrs. — Wing-spots pinkisli-bronze. 



Vinajfo calva sharpei. 



l'//ini^o ca/ni sharpei RKicH\v.,()rn. Monatsber., 1902, p. 45. 

 Tvpe localitv : Upper Giiinea. 



A small séries of Sharpk's Green Pigeon was obtaincd bv 

 Mr. Wii.i.orGHnv Lowk at Iju near Lagos. It is also recorded from 

 Calabar. Nkumann records in M. S. a spécimen from Lagos nudi- 

 rostris whicli probablv belongs to V. s. sharpei. 



From Northern Nigeria \ve bave spécimens from the Niger river 

 (Iîaikie) and from Shonga (Fc^rhes). 



The latest revision of thèse Fruit- Pigeons is that by Hartert, in 

 the Nov. Zool., 1918, p. 348. 



The following races are hère recognised; for their distinguishing 

 characters, etc. see the paper cited : 



1. — ViNAGO CAi.vA CAi.vA (Temm.) 



Range. — Cameroon, Gaboon, N. Angola, N. Belgian Congo 

 and Princes Island. 



2. VlNAGO CAI.VA UEI.I.ENSIS Kcichw. 



Range. — Uelle river district of N. Belgian Congo, Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal, Uganda. 



3. — ViNAGO CAI.VA POEN'sis (Hart and Goods). 

 Range. — Fernando Po. 



4. — VlNAGO CAI.VA SHARPEI Reichw. 



Range. — Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast, X. Nigeria. S. 

 Nigeria. 



