832 Messrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



p. 42: Fao, Persian Gulf) may also occur in tlie Sudan. 

 Mr. Butler and also Reichenow record S.t.isabeUina (Turtur 

 isaheUinus Bp. Comptes Rend, xliii. ]85G, p. 942: Egypt) 

 !is occurring in the Sudan. We unfortunately have no 

 specimens, but there seems to us a possibility that some 

 of their records may refer to winter birds of S. t. arenicola. 

 Reichenow records S. lugens {Columha Ingens Riipp. Neue 

 Wirb. 1835, p. 64: Abyssinian Highlands) as occurring at 

 Dongola, but this is an error, as Riippell was referring to 

 S. turtur. 



Stigmatopelia senegalensis sudanensis, subsp. nov. 



[B. coll.] 1 Khartoum May. 



This race may be distinguished from all others from the 

 mainland of Africa by its distinctly pale coloration ; the 

 breast below the collar is pale vinous pink of a more bluish, 

 less reddisli tinge than in its nearest ally >S^. s. aquaturialis ; 

 the female is paler than the male. 



The few specimens we have are also ot" small size, wing 

 128-133 mm. 



Type : a female collected by Hawker at Kaka, Upper 

 Nile Province, 5 May, 1901 . B.M. reg. no. 1902. 4. 20. 246. 



Range. Wady Haifa to Lake No. We have no specimens 

 from north of Khartoum, but as Dr. Hartert mentions pale 

 birds from that region, Nov. Zool. xxiii. 1916, p. 83, it is 

 probable that the range of this race extends to the northern 

 boundary of the Sudan. 



Stigmatopelia senegalensis asqiiatorialis. 



Turtur sew galensis (equatoriaUs Erlanger, J. f. O. 1905, 

 pp. 116-117, 1)1. 5 : Menaballa, Abyssinia. 



[B. coll.] 1 Sheik Torabe May, Mon. ; 1 Tembura Mch. 

 B.G. ; 1 Rejaf Feb. L.E. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 Sinkat Mch. E.S. 



The races of S. senegalensis have lately been worked out 

 bv Dr. Hartert, Nov. Zool. xxiii. pp. 82-83. On examina- 

 tion of \\\Q material in the jNIuseum, however, we find that 

 Ave must uphold Erlanger in his separation of the north- 



