of the Genus Haplopelia. 11 



imperceptibly iuto the darker bases, whereas iu the adult the 

 grey is sharply defined ; moreover, the whole of the chest 

 and sides of the neck and throat up to the lower mandible 

 are glossed with greenish. This bird, however, approaches 

 certain other younger specimens in the collection, such as 

 Nos. 28 and 55, killed at the same place and on about the 

 same date. I cannot, therefore, regard it in any other light 

 than as an abnormally coloured specimen. 



Haplopelia simplex inornata. 



Haplopelia inornata Reich vv. Journ. fiir Orii. 1892, p. 221 : 

 Buea, Cameroon. 



Range. Cameroon ]\lt. ; Efuleu ; River Ja ; River Bumba 

 and Bebai (Cameroon) . 



Specimens, subsequently obtained by Boyd Alexander from 

 the type-locality show that the male o£ this species resembles 

 the males of H. .s, poensis and H. s. plumbescens, and appa- 

 rently (from the description) H. s. hypoleuca. The females, 

 however, which are all brown, are distinguishable by the 

 colour of the under tail-coverts, being in H. s. inornata pale 

 cinnamon, in H. s. poensis grey, and in H. s. plumbescens 

 white ; while the hen of H. s. hypoleuca is unknown. From 

 H. forbesi the hen of H. s. inornata is distinguished by its 

 less rufous and more cinnamon colouring. 



A full description of the male and female obtained by 

 Alexander is given in my paper on the Birds of Cameroon 

 Mt. ('Ibis,' 1915, p. 483). 



Haplopelia simplex poensis. 



Haplopelia poensis Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. 1903, 

 p. 83 : Fernando Po, ? . 



Haplopelia seimundi Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiv. June 1904, 

 p. 93 : Fernando Po, ^ . 



Range. Fernando Po. 



When Sharpe described H. seimundi as distinct from 

 H. poensis, it was not known that these Pigeons had a 

 differently coloured female. I have satisfied myself, how- 

 ever, that this is the case, and H. seimundi therefore being 



