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



Abyssinia^ with which M earns compared his T. a. kilirnensis 

 (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlviii. 1915, p. 383) and which he 

 believed to be identical with T. uhyssinica (Sharpe). This 

 may be characterised as follows : — 



A race of T. afra, but, except for its long yellow-tipped 

 bill, differing more from that form than it does from 

 T. ahyssinica : much paler than 2\ a. afra and with the 

 belly and flanks almost white. From T. ahyssinica it may 

 be distinguished by its longer yellow-tipped bill, its sliglitly 

 browner back, and by the breast beirig washed with brown 

 and not purely vinous pink. From T. a. kilirnensis, of 

 which we have no specimens, it differs as pointed out by 

 Mearns in his description of that race. This Abyssinian 

 race we pi'opose to name 



TUKTUII AFRA MEARNSI, Subsp. nov. 



Type: ?. llogueclia, south of Adis Ahal)a, Abyssinia; 

 collected by A. E. Pease, 14 F^eb., 1901. B.M. reg. no. 

 1902.1.20. 295. 



Turtur afra subsp. ? 



[Chr. coll.] 1 Meridi Feb. E.G. 



We have not sufficient material from tliis region or from 

 the Welle river and Uganda to enable us to fix the sub- 

 specific status of this bird. It appears to be extremely close 

 to 7\ a. afra, if not identical with it, though its general 

 colour is more earthy brown and less reddish brown than in 

 most examples of the typical race. It is separable at a 

 glance from T. ahyssinica delicatula, which also occurs in the 

 Bahr el Ghazal. Among the Uganda specimens before us, 

 we might note that birds from south-^ast of iluwenzori seem 

 to be noticeably paler than those from the mountain itself, 

 and we are of opinion that there is room for considerable 

 investigation into the races of this bird. 



(Ena capeusis. 



Culumha capensis Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, p. 286 : 

 Cape of Good Hope (ex Brisson) ; Reiclnv. V. A. i. p. 429 ; 

 Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 359, 1908, p. 249, 1909, p. 401. 



