234 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



generally at the extremity of a bough, constructing a 

 rough nest of a few twigs, with no lining of any kind. 

 The eggs are two in number, of a pure white. 



I have observed these Doves building on August 20th, 

 and have found their eggs abundantly at the end of 

 December ; so that it is probable that they produce two 

 broods in the year. 



[Mr. Andersson's last collection contained specimens of this 

 Dove, one of which was procured as far north as the river 

 Cunene. I have not had the opportunity of examining a sufficient 

 series of specimens to enable me to form a confident opinion as 

 to the propriety of separating the Damara race from the more 

 southern S. capicola ; but it would appear from Mr. Andersson's 

 remarks that the difference of tint, though not great, is yet both 

 constant and perceptible. ED.] 



282. Streptopelia semitorquata (Eupp.). Bed-eyed Dove. 



Columba semitorquata, Kiippell, Neue Wirbelth. pi. 23. fig. 2. 

 Turtur erythrophrys, Swainson's Birds of West Africa, vol. ii. 

 pi. 22. 



w Bonaparte's Oonsp. Av. vol. ii. p. 63. 



Turtur vinaceus, Layard's Cat. No. 509. 



Turtur erythrophrys (?), Chapman's Travels in S. Air., App. p. 411. 

 Turtur semitorquatus, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vo'gel Ost-Afrika's, 



p. 541. 

 Streptopelia semitorquata, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 9325. 



I have obtained specimens of a large Dove from Lake 

 Ngami, where it seems to be common, which agrees 

 very nearly with Swainson's description of his " Red- 

 eyed Dove." 



This Dove is not found either in Damara or Great 

 Namaqua Land; neither do I remember to have met 

 with it on the Okavango. 



