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  Capt. 
  G. 
  E. 
  Shelley 
  vn 
  Birds 
  

  

  122. 
  Treron 
  delalandii. 
  

  

  Treron 
  delalandii, 
  Slielley_, 
  Ibis, 
  1883, 
  p. 
  270; 
  Sharpe, 
  

   B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  558. 
  

  

  No. 
  10. 
  Zomba, 
  Aug. 
  

  

  123. 
  Palumbus 
  arquatrix. 
  

  

  Palumbus 
  arquatrix, 
  Shelley, 
  Ibis, 
  ]883, 
  p. 
  283; 
  Sharpe, 
  

   B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  561. 
  

   No. 
  4. 
  Zomba, 
  Sept. 
  

  

  124. 
  Haplopelia 
  johnstoni, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  (Plate 
  III.) 
  

  

  H. 
  similis 
  H. 
  larvatce, 
  sed 
  supra 
  latior, 
  subtus 
  valde 
  satura- 
  

   tior 
  : 
  notseo 
  vinaceo-rubro 
  conspicue 
  adumbrato. 
  Long, 
  

   tot. 
  11 
  poll., 
  ala; 
  6-1. 
  

  

  No. 
  20. 
  Milanji 
  Plateau, 
  6000 
  feet, 
  Oct. 
  ; 
  two 
  young 
  and 
  

   one 
  adult. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  H. 
  larvata, 
  but 
  brighter 
  ; 
  and 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  

   a 
  rich 
  vinous 
  gloss 
  on 
  the 
  wings, 
  back, 
  upper 
  tail-coverts, 
  and 
  

   centre 
  tail-feathers; 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  under 
  

   tail-coverts 
  slightly 
  darker 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  

   under 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  greyer; 
  bill 
  blackish; 
  legs 
  bright 
  

   red. 
  Total 
  length 
  11 
  inches, 
  culmen 
  0"7, 
  wing 
  6*1, 
  tail 
  4"3, 
  

   tarsus 
  I'l. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  handsome 
  species, 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  H. 
  larvata. 
  

   I 
  propose 
  to 
  name 
  it 
  after 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Johnston, 
  C.B., 
  F.Z.S., 
  

   to 
  whose 
  scientific 
  zeal 
  and 
  energy 
  we 
  are 
  indebted 
  for 
  our 
  

   first 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  interior 
  of 
  Nyassa- 
  

   land. 
  

  

  125. 
  TURTUR 
  semitorquatus. 
  

  

  Turtur 
  semitorquatus, 
  Shelley, 
  Ibis, 
  1883, 
  p. 
  303 
  ; 
  Sharpe, 
  

   B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  p. 
  566. 
  

  

  No. 
  5. 
  Zomba, 
  Aug. 
  and 
  Sept. 
  

  

  126. 
  TuRTUR 
  capicola. 
  

  

  Turtur 
  capicola, 
  Shelley, 
  Ibis, 
  1883, 
  p. 
  312; 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  

   Afr. 
  p. 
  567. 
  

  

  No. 
  6. 
  Zomba, 
  Sept. 
  

  

  