508 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds collected 



H. 973. <J ad. Katwe, March 6, 1902. Iris brown ; all 

 the bare part beneath the eye bright blue ; bill ruddy brown ; 

 feet blackish brown. 



H. 1000. S ad. Katwe, March 9, 1902. 



H. 1011. $ ad. Near Kangao's, March 10, 1902. I have 

 never known Guinea-fowl so plentiful. This morning they 

 were all round and within thirty yards of the camp ; they 

 were not in the least shy, some of them walking about, within 

 gun-shot, in the little open patches of short green grass. 



H. 1060. ? ad. Near Kangao's, March 15, 1902. Iris 

 hazel-brown ; bill brownish black ; feet dark brown. 



H. 1109. ? ad. Toro Forest, March 20, 1902. Iris ruddy 

 brown ; bill light ruddy brown ; bare skin below eye ' Cam- 

 bridge ' blue ; feet light sepia-brown. This bird had four 

 eggs inside her. 



3. COLUMBA ARQUATRIX. 



Palumbus arquatrix (Temm.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 548 

 (Machako's; Sotik ; Mt. Elgon). 



Columba arquatrix Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 70 (1899) ; 

 Neum. J. f. O. 1904, p. 346 (Lake Abassi ; Buka Mts. in 

 Kaffa ; Schenna, W. Kaffa ; Budda, in Gimirra) ; Reichenow, 

 Yog. Afrikas, i. p. 404 (1900). 



H. 1096. S ad. Toro Forest, March 19, 1902. Iris 

 light greyish green ; bare skin round eye lemon-yellow, 

 suffused with pink ; bill light brown ; feet lemon-yellow. 



Fairly common in the forest. I have only met with this 

 bird at one other place, viz. at the foot of the Kangao hills. 



4. Streptopelia semitorquata. 



Turtur semitorquatus (Riipp.) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. 

 p. 30 (1900: Nairobi) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1904, p. 347 (Abassi 

 Lake; C, Omo; Koscha ; Gelo River); Reichenow, Vog. 

 Afrikas, i. p. 409 (1900), iii. Nachtrag, p. 807 (1905). 



Sfreptojielia torquaia Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 78 (1899). 



H. 701. S ad. Entebbe, Jan. 16, 1902. Iris nearly 

 salmon-pink ; skin round eye claret-coloured ; bill black, 

 verging into deep maroon at the base ; feet light plum- 

 roloured. 



