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frequenting tall and thickly-leaved trees, it is difficult to observe ; 

 moreover, it sits very close, only dashing out with rapid flight at 

 the last moment. The Woodwards, however, found it very easy to 

 shoot when feeding, and state that it is usually fat and very delicate 

 eating. The note is a somewhat musical whistle, and is quite 

 different to the cooing of other Pigeons. 



Ayres found a nest of this species in the Magaliesbergen of the 

 Transvaal towards the end of November, 1882 ; it was composed of 

 the usual layer of sticks, and was not more than ten feet from the 

 ground ; it contained a well fledged young bird and an addled white 



630. Yinago shalowi. Shaloiu's Green Pigeon. 



Phalacrotreron calva, Gurney (nee Temm.) in Andersson's B. Damaral. 



p. 230 (1872). 

 Treron shalowi, Reichenow, Orn. Centralb. 1880, p. 108 [? Kimberley] ; 



Fleck, Journ. Ornith. 1894, p. 388. 



Treron wakefieldi (part), Sliarpe, cd. LcujarcVs B. S. Afr. p. 557 (1884). 

 Vinago shalowi, Salvadori, Cat. B. M. xxi, p. 24 (1893); Shelley, B. 



Afr. i, p. 134 (1896) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 399 (1901). 



Description. Adult Female. Eesembling V. delalandii in most 

 respects, but the olive-green of the head, neck and under parts is 

 replaced by a bright yellowish-green, which is brightest and most 

 yellow on the abdomen. 



Iris pale bluish ; bill greyish, bright red on the cere ; legs bright 

 red. 



Length about 11-0 ; wing 6*5 ; tail 3-25 ; tarsus -90 ; culmen -85. 



Distribution. The type of this species is said to have come from 

 the neighbourhood of the Diamond Fields (i.e. Kimberley) ; other 

 examples apparently identical have been recorded from Matabele- 

 land (Gates), from Ondonga in the extreme north of German South- 

 west Africa, and from Nocana on the Okavango Eiver. The 

 description is drawn up from an example recently added to the 

 South African Museum, obtained at Livingstone, on the Zambesi, 

 just above the Victoria Falls, in September, 1904. 



Family II. COLUMBID^J. 



Usually 12 tail-feathers ; general colour of the plumage a shade 

 of grey, not green ; ambiens, oil gland and caeca usually, but by 

 no means invariably, present. 



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