1920.] Birds of Quetla. 185 



band in the few hii-ds I have handled is a])ont 2{ inches 

 broad and is really a very pale grey and not pure white, 

 though it seems white when the bird is on the wing. 

 Eggs were ta'cen on 14. v. and young found on 10. v. 



Columba palumbus. 

 C. p. cas'ioiis Bp. 



Fairly coninion in summer at Ziarat aljove 75(JO feet in 

 the juniper forest. I do not know whether the birds move 

 in winter. 



The adult has vermilion legs and toes, and light lemon- 

 yellow irides. Bill orange at the tip and horn-colour at the 

 base. In the immature bird the tip of the bill is pinky 

 horn-colour, gradually merging into the dark ashy colour of 

 the head at its base. Imnuiturc birds differ from adults in 

 having no buff spot on the neck. 



Streptopelia turtur. 



'S'. t. arenicola (Hart.). 

 A few stragglers occur in summer (Uates, F. B. I. iv. 

 p. 4:3). 



I never met with this species. 



Streptopelia senegalensis. 

 *S'. 5. raiiilxii/ensis (Gm.). 



Mostly a common summer visitor, but a few remain 

 throughout the winter. In summer they ascend to 8;")(H) 

 feet, but never leave cultivated areas. First eggs found 

 on I). V. and last on 22. vi. Young in the nest found on 

 10. vi. This species usually nests in fruit trees, but occa- 

 sionally on a ledge in the veran(hiii of a house. 



Streptopelia decaocto. 

 S. d. decaocto (Friv.). 



A common summer visitor, arriving in March and leaving 

 in October, a stray bird being sometimes seen in winter. 

 Never noted above GOOO feet. 



►Six nests with eggs were found between 2'.b iv. and HO. vi. 



