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ized geographical race, to which Bonaparte's name arquatricula is 

 probabl}' applicable. This northern form may be distinguished b}' 

 decidedly larger size, as well as l\v smaller, much less numerous spots 

 on the lower surface, and these confined chiefly to the upper ])reast, 

 whereas in a)'<pi(itrix the>" are spread as thickly over also the lower 

 breast and median portion of the abdomen. The following measure- 

 ments of an adult female of each exhibit the dimensional difference 

 between these two subspecies: 



TURTUR LUGENS (Ruppell). 



Columbd Itigens Ruppell, Nene Wirb. Faun. Abyss., Vogel, 1835, p. (i4, ])l. xxii, 

 fig. 2 (Taranta Mountains, Tigre; and province of Simen, Abyssinia.) 



One adult male, from Mount Kilimanjaro, 5,(K)0 feet, taken July 

 24,1888. "Iris orange." 



TURTUR SEMITORQUATUS INTERMEDIUS Erlanger. 



Turtur semitorquatus intermediu.'i Erlanc^er, Journ. f. Ornith., 1905, p. 124 

 (Roba-Schaio, Lake region of southern 8hoa, southern Abyssinia.) 



Two adult males, from Taveta and Mount Kilimanjaro. ""Iris 

 orange." These belong apparently to this newly described form which 

 seems, however, to be very close to Turtur sewiitofqmifussendtorquatus. 



TURTUR CAPICOLA TROPICUS Reichenow. 



Tnrtiir rapirola tropica Reichenow, Ornith. ^lonatsber., 1902, p. 139 (East Africa). 



Two specimens, from Taveta, and the plains east of Mount Kiliman- 

 jaro, respectively. Doctor Abbott reported it alnmdant during April, 

 1888, on the plains near Taveta. The adult female collected by him 

 is considerably smaller than the male, as well as decidedly paler, 

 especially on the breast, cervix, and sides of the neck, which parts are 

 more of a lavender hue; the forehead and crown are heavily overlaid 

 with dull ochraceous buff; the chin is less purely white. 



This appears to be a good race, differing from true capicola chiefly 

 in its lighter general coloration, the pallor particularly noticeable on 

 wings and lower parts. It was made a sub.species of Turtur damaren- 

 sis Finsch and Hartlaub^ by Erlanger,'^ but improperly so, as the con- 

 specific Turtur capicola Sundevall*^^ was described long before. 



«V6g. Ost.-Afr., 1870, p. 550. 

 '> Journ. f. Ornith., 1905, p. 123. 

 f^^Krit. om Levaill., 1857, p. 54. 



