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water. No. 4-44:6 was caught in a dead-fall trap set near a 

 stream in the forest, as described under Pteronetta hartJaubi. 

 No. 4359, a breeding male, was shot by Nkolo ''on its 

 nest/' about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, in a bit of forest 

 near a stream between two villages. The nest, which was 

 brought to me with a single g^^, was more of a structure than 

 Doves usually make. The base was composed of sticks, some 

 as large as a pencil, and on top were tendrils. The ^^^ is 

 cream-coloured, glossy, and measures 27 X 22 mm. 



Calopelia puella. [Odu.] 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 94. 



Calopelia brehmeri Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, pp. 95, 596 ; 1907, 

 p. 420. 



I cannot account for the difference in colour Ijetween the 

 metallic wing-spots of different individuals. It does not 

 seem due to age or sex, neither does it seem to indicate 

 that the birds belong to two different species. 



Tliis species has twelve rectrices, and the wing is eutaxic. 



Though many specimens of this Dove have been killed — 

 mostly caught in snares in the forest — and I have sometimes 

 seen it alive, generally on the ground, it is only lately that 

 I have witnessed it uttering its call-notes, so as to know 

 certainly what sound it makes. The notes I saw and heard 

 it uttering were not distinguishable from those of a Tympan- 

 istria, and differed from those of Chalcopelia afra (see below) 

 only in being stronger and fuller in tone. These three 

 Doves have the same name in Bulu, doubtless because their 

 call-notes are so nearly alike. The name '^ Odu " is not 

 imitative, but rather derived from the word '' du," which 

 means '^ crying '^ or '^ mourning." 



The only nest that I have seen was brought to me along 

 with the female (No. 4499) and two nestlings. This nest 

 consisted of a bed of decaying stems and leaves, with some 

 rootlets on the top, and was not so scanty as the nests of 

 most other Doves. It was found on the horizontal limb of 

 a tree, near the ground, in the forest. 



