212 Mr. V. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



Tnrtur lugens, 



cJ 1-7. May to July, J913. 



? 1-4. May to August. 



Large numbers of these Doves frequented my garden. 

 They had eggs and young in March, May, November, and 

 December. 



The young diflfer from the adults in being of a duller, 

 dirtier grey, in being more ochraceous on the under 

 surface, and in having the feathers of the mantle and 

 wiugs edged with buff or whitish ; the speckling on the 

 side of the neck is entirely absent or only faintly indicated. 



Localities. Kyambu and Nairobi, in British East Africa. 



Turtur semitorquatus. 



^ 1-2. 6.V. 10; IS.xii. 14. 



? 1-3. 31.V.12; 12.i. 11; 3.xii. 10. 



Common. Nests, with eggs or young, have been found 

 in nearly every month of the year. One specimen from 

 Ankoli and two from the Kivu district have dark grey 

 heads and ear-coverts and paler grey throats ; the under 

 surface is very much paler than in typical T. semitorquatus. 

 The wings are a lighter brown, and the under tail-coverts 

 are pale grey edged with white. Wings 155-165 mm. in 

 adult birds. 



Localities. Buzeranjovu, Kyetema, Gondokoro, in Uganda; 

 Embu and Nairobi, in British East Africa. 



Aplopelia larvata. 



(J & 2 imm. 7. v. 14. 



The Green-necked Dove is not common. They were 

 nesting in March, and young birds in first plumage 

 were taken in May. 



Locality. Nairobi, in British East Africa. 



Chalcopelia chalcopsilos. 



Chalcopelia afra (Linn.) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afr. i. p. 426 

 [part.]. 



c? & ? . 5. iii. 14 ; 10. V. 14. 

 These are quite the prettiest of the Ground-Doves. They 



