On a new Species of Dove. 307 



coming in the morning and evening to the clams on the 

 veldt to drink. The nest was made of dried grass, and was 

 built in a crack in the rocks or under sloping stones. We 

 never found the eggs, but got one nest with three young 

 birds.] 



122. Heterocorax capensis. 



Heterocorax capensis (Licht.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 12 

 (1877); id. ed. Layard, pp. 415, 845 (1875-84); Reichenow, 

 Yog. Ainkas, ii. p! 637 (1903). 



Corvus capetisis Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 14 (1900). 



a. $ . Deelfontein, May 25, 1901. 



The African Rook was not common ; it was very like our 

 European Rook in its ways. It bred in the neighbourhood 

 of Deelfontein and laid two eggs. When taken young, 

 the birds became very tame, and wc had two live pets 

 which made great friends with everyone in camp. Boer 

 name " Swart Vogcl.'''] 



123. CoRVULTUR ALBICOLLIS. 



Corvultur albicollis (Lath.) ; Sharp, ed. Layard, p. 417 

 (1875-84) ; id. Cat. B. iii. p. 22 (1877) ; Stark, Faun. S. 

 Afr., Birds, i. p. 10 (1900) ; Reichenow, Yog. Afrikas, ii. 

 p. 640 (1903). 



u. ? ad. Deelfontein, April 14, 1902. 



XX Y. — Description of a new Species of Dove of the Genus 

 Haplopelia. By T. Salvadori, F.M.Z.S. 



When, in 1900, the portion of the ' Bulletin of the Liverpool 

 Museum ' containing the interesting Catalogue of the 

 Pigeons in the Derby Museum was issued, I was surprised 

 to find that a specimen stated to be from the interior of 

 Cayenne was attributed to Haplopelia principalis Hartl. My 

 surprise was due to the fact that this species had been de- 

 scribed by Hartlaub as coming from Prince's Island in the 

 Gulf of Guinea and not from South America. 



At my recpucst, Dr. Forbes very kindly sent me the 



