3C6 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



Han yes : 



Vinayo calva. 

 West Africa, from Cameroon across to Fernando Po, 

 and Prince's Island, ranging as far south as Angola. 

 Vinayo sharpii. 

 West Africa, from Sierra Leone to River Niger. 



96. TUKTUR SEMITORQtIATUS (RUpp.). 



Turtur semitorquatus (Riipp.) • Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 1878 

 (1896). 



Streptopelia semitorquata Sliarpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 78 

 (1899). 



a. Ad. <$ . Bilelipi, Nov. 24, 1902. 



b. Ad. $. Moka, Dec. 16, 1902. 

 Common in the neighbourhood of the coast. 



97. Haplopelia simplex (Ilartl.). 



Haplopelia simplex, Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 1873 (1896). 



Haplopelia poensis Alex. Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 33 (1903: 

 Fernando Po) ; Salvad. Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 121. 



We obtained two female specimens of this species. One 

 of these agrees well with two typical female specimens of 

 H. simplex from San Thome. 



Immature female. Forehead and front of crown vinous 

 white ; occiput and hind-neck with a coppery purplish gloss ; 

 remainder of upper parts brown, with a purplish gloss on the 

 feathers of the wings and back; sides of neck vinous rufous; 

 chin white; breast and under parts vinous rufous, with a 

 strong coppery purplish gloss on the fore-neck in certain 

 lights ; under tail-coverts cinereous : bill black ; cere lead- 

 coloured ; legs and feet claret-coloured. Total length 

 (measured in flesh) 10 inches, culmen 085, wing 59, tail 32, 

 tarsus 1-15. (Bakaki, 4000 feet, Nov. 19, 1902.) 



The gizzard contained a large number of gnats. 



This is the type of my H. poensis, but since writing the 

 description of that form I have come to the conclusion that it 

 is the immature bird of H. simplex, which apparently passes 

 through a distinct rusty reddish phase of plumage during 

 the first year. 



