30 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birth collected 



[''Corn Pigeon ^"of the Colonists. " Ijuba^' o£ the Zulus. 



The E/Ock-Dove, as its name implies, is found only in the 

 mountains and hills, where masses of rocks and clitfs afford 

 cover for breeding and nesting ; when in search of food 

 it will travel considerable distances to cultivated lands, 

 always, how'cver, returning at nightfall. I have noted it 

 from the mountains of Namaqualand, the cliffs of the coast- 

 line of the Knysna district, in the Nkandhla Range at 

 Siijudeni, Zululaiid, on the krantzes at Wakkerstroom and 

 at Zuurbron, Legogot, and Woodbush. In many parts this 

 Pigeon is of some annoyance to farmers, doing considerable 

 damage to cereal crops. In general habits it greatly re- 

 sembles our European Eock-Dove. 



The soft parts of an adult are : — Irides yellow ; bare skin 

 round eye, legs and toes dark red, whitish between the scales ; 

 bill dull black, nostrils powdered white.] 



032. CoLUMBA ARQUATRIX. 



CC. Knysna, Dec. (2) ; Z. Sibudeni, Nov. (8) ; Tv. 

 Zuurbron, Apl., May (5). 



["Ijuba" of the Zulus. 



I have only noticed this species at the Knysna, Sibudeni, 

 and Zuurbron. At the Knysna only three specimens were 

 observed, two of the three being obtained at one shot, and at 

 Sibudeni it was by no means plentiful, though at Zuurbron 

 considerable numbers were observed. It is a Pigeon of the 

 forests, feeding on the berries of the ironwood arid other 

 trees and shrubs, and seldom visiting cultivated lands or 

 oidy those adjacent to forest. Its presence or otherwise in 

 a district much depends on the food to be obtained ; hence, 

 except after long residence in any district, no accurate 

 observations of the habits can be made. It appears to be a 

 more or less gregarious species, as half a dozen at least can 

 often be seen together. 



The soft parts of an adult are : — Irides clear yellow ; bare 

 skin round eye, bill, legs and toes lemon-chrome. 



In the young : — Irides very pale ; bill at base, legs and 

 toes greenish yellow.] 



