GG Col. R. Meinertzhagen on Birds from [Ibis, 



Smaller than palcestitKr, the wings of three males measuring 

 207, 210, and 212 mm. 



So far only known from Gebeit in the lied Sea Province 

 of the Sudan. 



Type c? (Butler coll.). Shot on 22.iii. 12 at Gebeit in 

 the Red Sea Province of the Sudan. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 

 1915. 12.24. 255. 



Columba livia gaddi Sar. & Loud. 



This race was described from a specimen obtained on the 

 lower reaches of the Karun River in S.W. Persia. I have 

 not examined topo-typical examples, but birds from the 

 highlands of S.W. Persia and Mesopotamia agree with 

 the description, as also do others from Syria, Palestine 

 (except the Jordan Valley), Anatolia in Asia Minor, Crete, 

 and Solium in western Egypt. The original description 

 shows them to be intermediate in colour l)etvveen schimperi 

 and iieglecta, whilst in size they agree with C. I. livia, 

 neglecta, and intermedia. 



Birds I have examined from the above localities are very 

 near ('. I. livia and paler examples of iidermedia, and are 

 markedly darker than pahvstina.'. Their lower back is very 

 variable, varying from pure white to whitish-grey. Only 

 one — from Mesopotamia — has the lower back the same 

 colour as the mantle. 



In size they are considerabl_y larger than pahrstiiKc. 



The following is the detail of birds of this race which I 

 have examined : — 



Localifii. Wing. Colour of loicer back. 



S.W. Persia 240 Whitish-grey. 



Mesopotamia 220, 220 One white, the other 



grey as back. 



40 m, E. of Damascus . 225 Whitish-grey. 

 Birejik on the Upper 



Euphrates 219 Whitish-grey. 



N.W. Persia 223 Whitish-grey. 



Sea of Galilee 225,212 Pale grey. 



Anatolia 221 White. 



Palestine Coast 210, 212 Whitish-grey. 



Crete 216,221 White. 



Solium, W. Egypt 211-219 White. 



