by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 29 



to the Zambesi. Found in flocks at all seasons^ often of 

 a hundred or more, it frequents well-timbered country, 

 especially tlie trees along the rivers. It is essentially a 

 fruit-eater, being very partial to the wild fig, the Ntuma, and 

 Num Num. The flight is very straight and fast, the flocks 

 twisting through the trees with marvellous rapidity and 

 ease. In Jan. 1907 I found a nest, which was placed in 

 the fork of a small tree some fourteen feet from the ground, 

 and was merely a collection of small sticks ; the old bird, 

 however, deserted it without laying and after having been 

 seen there for many days. 



The soft parts of an adult are : — Irides white ; bill rich 

 tomato-red, apical portion pearly white; legs and toes rich 

 orange, nails pearly white.] 



VlNAGO WAKEFIELDI SharpC. 

 ViNAGO WAKEFIELDI. 



Vinago wakeficldi Rcichenow, Vog. Afr. i. p. 398. 



P. Tambarara, Mch. (1) ; Tete, Sept. (1). 



These birds seem to be nearer to V. ivakefieldi than to 

 V.schaloivi. The wings measure 168 and 170 mm. respectively, 

 and the terminal band of the tail is about 25 mm. broad. 



This species, if really distinct from V. sc/ialowi, is an 

 addition to the fauna of South Africa. 



[For a few weeks this Green Pigeon was very plentiful at 

 Tambarara, frequenting the forests in enormous flocks, but 

 about the end of April the birds all disappeared. It was, 

 however, somewhat wary and was always in the thick forest, 

 where it became difficult to secure specimens. The call is 

 exactly similar to that of V. delalandii, but on the wing it 

 appears much brighter in colour and smaller, despite the 

 actual measurements being the same. 



The soft parts of an adult male were : — Irides blue-grey ; 

 bill tomato-red, apical portion pearly white; legs and toes 

 yellow-ochre, nails bluish.] 



631. COLUMBA PH^ONOTA. 



CC. Klipfontein, Apl. (2); Plettenberg Bay, Mch. (2) ; 

 Tv. Wakkerstroom, Mch., Apl. (8) ; Zuurbron, May (1) ; 

 Turflop, Mch. (1). 



