6 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 



to be constantly moulting, and dropping the feathers of 

 the rump and tail.] 



4. COLUMBA PHiEONOTA. 



Columba phceonota Gray ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 559, 

 854 (1884); Salvad. Cat. B. xxi. p. 268 (1893); Sharpe, 

 Hand-1. B. i. p. 69 (1899) ; Reichenow, t. c. p. 403 (1901). 



a, b. S ad. et imm. Deelfontein, Feb. 20, 1902. 



c. S a d. Deelfontein, March 5, 1902. Iris bright 

 yellow. 



d. $ imm. Deelfontein, March 5, 1902. Iris pale 

 yellow. 



e. c? ad. Deelfontein, Oct. 22, 1902. 



Young birds have much larger triangular white spots on 

 the wings than those which are older, these white markings 

 being more confluent and not so well defined. The rufescent 

 feathers verge upon cinnamon, and after the first moult 

 become of a purplish brown or maroon. There is also in 

 the first plumage little or no evidence of the cinnamon 

 colour on the throat and fore-neck, or of the greenish-grey 

 tips to the feathers of the neck. 



[This Pigeon was very common, and was resident all the 

 year round. It fed in the morning and evening, visiting 

 the mealie-fields in large flocks of from twenty to fifty 

 individuals. The nest was made of sticks and a little grass, 

 and was generally placed in a (e krantz " on the kopje, 

 or sometimes in a rocky sluit on the veldt : the eggs were 

 two in number. These birds throve well in captivity and 

 bred freely.] 



5. Streptopelia capicola. 



Turtur capicola Sundev. ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 567 

 (1884) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 424 (1893) ; Reichenow, t. c. p. 414 

 (1901). 



Streptopelia capicola Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 79 (1899). 



a. $ ad. Deelfontein, March 12, 1902. Irides hazel; 

 bill black ; legs pale crimson. 



b, c, d. <$ ad. Deelfontein, April 17, 1902. 



[This Turtle-Dove was local, but was found on the 



