from the Camaroon Country. 419 
61. VinaGo CALVa. 
Vinago calva (Temm.) ; Reichenow, Vég. Afrikas, 1. p. 394 
(1901). 
Nos. 953. 2; 954. g. Efulen, July 24, 1905. 
[The * Oben ”’ is the most abundant Pigeon in every place 
where I have been. It was often seen in the Zima Country. 
It is found wherever there is ripe wild fruit, but is most 
abundant in old clearings where the ‘ Umbrella-tree”’ 
(“asen”’) grows. I have seen large flocks in the more 
open inhabited country, where the above-named tree grows 
abundantly, in the dry season (July) ; 
] 
and I used also to 
see large flocks in the mangroves of the Lower Benito River 
at the same season. But usually the birds are seen, three 
or four or half a dozen together, among the leaves of the 
trees in which they feed ; or, on a cool misty morning, perched 
motionless ona high bare limb. The call which they make at 
intervals while feeding is very unlike the cooing of a Dove. 
It consists of several varied syllables, suggesting words of 
human speech, and avy Bulu boy can tell you what the Oben 
says. 
Specimens shot in July were breeding. A bird was 
seen sitting on its nest in September. This Pigeon makes a 
rude nest in the forks of small trees, often near villages. It 
lays two white eggs.—G. L. B. | 
62. CoLumBa unicincTa Cass. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 94. 
No. 1820. 2 ad. River Ja, Jan. 16,1906. Eggs forming; 
some with shell. 
No. 1887. g ad. River Ja, Feb. 2, 1906. Testes large. 
No. 1744. @ ad. s June 11, 1906. Small eggs 
forming. 
63. STREPTOPELIA SEMITORQUATA. 
Streptopelia semitorquata (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, 
p- 596. 
Nos. 1893, 1894. ¢ 2? ad. River Ja, Feb. 6, 1906. Testes 
in the male very large. 
No. 1976. gad. Bitye, River Ja, Oct. 15, 1906. 
[This is the “ Zum” of the Ja region, and has not been 
