Vol. xlii.] 118 



and east perhaps to ihe Balir-el-Gliazel ; it has the upper 

 parts a sonie^vhat greyish-brown and the underparts with 

 white on the tlanks and abdomen. 



T. a. kilimensis (Mearns) is a more richly coloured form, 

 ranging from Sierra Leone to Angola, and east to Uganda, 

 Kenya Colony, Nyasaland, the Zambesi valley, and eastern 

 Southern Hhodesia, with the upper parts a much richer 

 brown and the flanks and abdomen tinged with cinnamon. 



T. a. sclateri Rothschild (Bull. B. 0. C. xxxviii. pp. 2&, 

 37) must, in my opinion, be regarded as only a synonym of 

 T. a. hilimen^is. 



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TURTUR CHALCOSPILOS. 



This name was first assigned to the Green-spotted Wood- 

 Dove by Erlanger (J. f. 0. 1905, p. 134), who recognized 

 four geographical races or subspecies. Since then, three 

 more have been added by Mearns and Oberholser, making 

 eight altogether. 



An examination of the long series in the Museum reveals 

 no characters of colour or measurement by which any of 

 these races can be distinguished, except perhaps T. c. vol/c- 

 manni from Damaraland. 



A careful examination of Wagler's original description 

 {Columha chalcosjnlos) shows that he undoubtedly based his 

 description chiefly on Levaillant's plate, and that the ty{)e- 

 locality should be South Africa, as he states in his last 

 paragraph : " Habitat in Africa meridionali satis frequens 

 in terra Caffrorum porro in Senegambia." I think under 

 the circumstances the type-locality should be eastern Cape 

 Province. Moreover, the Green-spotted Wood-Dove does 

 not appear to be found in any part of West Africa except 

 Angola. 



Chrysococcyx capritis. 



Dr. Hartert (Nov. Zool. xxviii. p. 100, 1921) has recently 

 proposed to distinguish the Didric Cuckoos of northern 

 Africa from those of South Africa, on account of their 

 striking difference in size. 



