596 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 



1. Streptopelia semitorquata. 



Streptopelia semitorquata (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. i. p. 78 

 (1899). 



Turtur semitorquatus Riipp.; Sjostedt, K. Vet.-Akad. 

 Handl. Stockh. xxvii. p. 30 (1895) ; Reiclienow, Vog. 

 Afrikas, i. p. 409 (1901). 



No. 349. S juv. River Ja, Jan. 11, 1904. " Zutn." 



A young bird, with rusty edges to the wing-coverts and 

 quills ; the bulk of the feathers on the chest are also rusty 

 brown. 



2. Calopelia brehmeri. 



Calupelia brehmeri (Hassl.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. i. p. 81 



(1899); id. autea, p. 95. 



No. 321. ? imm. River Ja, Dec. 30, 1903. " Odu." 

 This bird has a good deal of reddish brown remaining on 



the crown and face, and has the inner secondaries haired 



with black ; the wing-spots are coppery bronze without any 



metallic-green lustre. 



3. (Edicnemus senegalensis. 



(Edicnemus senegalensis Swains. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. 

 p. 10 (1896) ; id. Hand-1. i. p. 172 (1899) ; Reichenow, 

 Vog. Afrikas, i. p. 198 (1901). 



No. 251. ? ad. 150 miles from the sea, Dec. 8, 1903. 



This Thick-knee seems to have a wide range in West 

 Africa, and frequents the open country. 



4. PoLYBOROIDES TYPICUS. 



Polyboroides typicus Smith; Sjostedt, K. Vet.-Akad. 

 Handl. Stockh. xxvii. p. 40 (1895) ; Reichenow, J. f. (). 

 1896, p. 5 ; Sharpe, autea, p. 98. 



No. 192. S juv. Efulen, Sept. 17, 1903. "Efufuk 

 Obam." 



A very black bird, moulting, and attaining the grey- 

 and-black-banded tail of the adult. 



" P. typicus probably ranges over both fresh and cleared 

 land. One of my specimens had been feeding near a village, 

 for its stomach contained husks of palm-nuts. Another had 

 eaten a small rodent and a beetle." 



