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  in. 
  Eastern 
  Africa. 
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  TURTUR 
  AURITUS. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  voyage 
  out 
  a 
  Turtlc-Dove 
  came 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  

   Biscay 
  and 
  appeared 
  to 
  alight, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  way 
  home 
  two 
  or 
  

   three 
  immature 
  birds 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  Red 
  Sea, 
  one 
  at 
  least 
  

   alighting 
  on 
  the 
  rigging. 
  At 
  Port 
  Said 
  I 
  bought 
  an 
  adult, 
  

   and 
  a 
  young 
  one 
  was 
  with 
  it. 
  

  

  ■^ 
  Chalcopelia 
  afra. 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  little 
  Dove 
  was 
  common 
  at 
  Mombasa, 
  and 
  

   has 
  a 
  very 
  swift 
  flight. 
  The 
  natives 
  sometimes 
  keep 
  it 
  in 
  

   captivity, 
  and 
  know 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  by 
  the 
  

   common 
  name 
  of 
  '' 
  Puge." 
  

  

  ■^ 
  Tympaxistria 
  bicolor. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  writing 
  three 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  

   Dove 
  in 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society's 
  Gardens, 
  presented 
  by 
  

   General 
  Mathews, 
  two 
  grey-breasted 
  and 
  one 
  pure 
  Avhite 
  

   beneath, 
  presumably 
  of 
  different 
  sexes. 
  More 
  than 
  one 
  person 
  

   has 
  remarked 
  on 
  the 
  resemblance 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  to 
  a 
  Sandpiper, 
  

   and 
  it 
  certainly 
  suggests 
  in 
  appearance 
  a 
  shore-bird. 
  Its 
  

   note 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  very 
  weak 
  ''coo." 
  

  

  COLUMBA 
  LIVIA. 
  

  

  Kept 
  in 
  a 
  domestic 
  state 
  by 
  the 
  natives, 
  and 
  little 
  modified, 
  

   except 
  in 
  colour, 
  from 
  the 
  wild 
  form. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  

   '^ 
  homers 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  Europeans 
  at 
  Mombasa, 
  where 
  

   European 
  fowls 
  are 
  also 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  

  

  * 
  COTURNIX 
  COMMUNIS. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  voyage 
  home, 
  in 
  the 
  Red 
  Sea, 
  a 
  Quail, 
  much 
  ex- 
  

   hausted, 
  attempted 
  to 
  alight 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  vessel, 
  but 
  

   fell 
  into 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  was 
  carried 
  away 
  astern. 
  Numbers 
  

   were 
  on 
  sale 
  alive 
  at 
  Port 
  Said 
  at 
  Ad. 
  each. 
  In 
  the 
  Medi- 
  

   terranean, 
  on 
  September 
  28th, 
  a 
  Quail 
  cam3 
  on 
  board 
  and 
  

   was 
  captured 
  by 
  the 
  carpenter, 
  who 
  gave 
  it 
  to 
  me. 
  I 
  placed 
  

   it 
  with 
  my 
  Francolins, 
  which 
  did 
  not 
  offer 
  to 
  hurt 
  it, 
  and 
  it 
  

   is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Gardens. 
  

  

  ■'^ 
  Fraxcolinus 
  GRAXT[. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  on 
  INIombasa 
  Island, 
  judging 
  

   from 
  the 
  frequency 
  with 
  which 
  one 
  hears 
  its 
  clanking 
  cry 
  

  

  R 
  2 
  

  

  