232 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



Measurements of a male : 



in. lin. 



Entire length 12 10 



Length of folded wing 9 10 



tarsus 10 



middle toe 11 



tail 48 



bill 10 



[I am disposed to differ from Mr. Andersson's opinion as to 

 the propriety of uniting this Pigeon with the S. guinea of equa- 

 torial Africa ; but at the same time I have not had the oppor- 

 tunity of examining a sufficient series of specimens to enable me 

 to form a very decided opinion on the subject. 



The examples contained in Mr. Andersson's last collection 

 appeared decidedly to belong to the southern race ; but I have 

 not been able to trace the exact locality in which they were 

 obtained, neither have I been able to identify with certainty, 

 at the Cambridge Museum, the Damara specimen referred to 

 by Strickland and Sclater (loc. cit.). ED.] 



280. Turtur senegalensis (Linn.). Senegal Dove. 



La Tourterelle maillee, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 270. 

 Columba cambayensis, Temminck & Knip's Pigeons, pi. 45. 

 Turtur senegalensis, Layard's Cat. No. 511. 



Columba cambayensis, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 411. 

 Turtur senegalensis, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vdgel Ost-Afrika's ; p. 551. 

 Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 9317. 



This species is found abundantly from the Okavango 

 River southwards throughout Damara Land and Great 

 and Little Nam aqua Land, as also at Lake Ngami. 



In its habits, manners, and nidincation it resembles 

 the succeeding species ; but its eggs are a trine smaller. 



