82 NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAE XXIII. 1916. 



1. Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis (L.) 



Columba senegalensis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. xii. 1, p. 283 (1766— Senegal, ex Brisson). 



Columba maculicollis, Wagler, Syst. Av., Columba No. 97 (1827 — New name for C. senegalensis — 



partim, comprising not only aegyptiaca auet., but also, though doubtfully, cambayensis). 

 Turtur senegalensis aequatorial/s Erlanger, Journ. f. Orn. 1905, pp. 116, 117, pi. v. (lower figure). 



Characteristics of this race : Smaller than other African forms, wing c? ? 134— 

 146 mm., rump and upper tail-coverts bluish grey ; underside pinky vinous, tips of 

 split jugular feathers more brownish, contrasting with throat and breast. Edges 

 to inner wing-coverts and scapulars rather reddish. 



Tropical Africa, from Senegambia to Nubia, Arabia, Palestine and south- 

 eastern Asia Miuor (Am-Tab, south of the Taurus, west of Birejik), Danford coll. 



2. Streptopelia senegalensis sokotrae C. Grant 



Streptopelia senegalensis sokotrae Claude Grant, Bull. B. 0. Club, xxxv. p. 19 (1914— Sokotra. 

 Type in British Museum). 



Strikingly smaller than S. s. senegalensis, otherwise not different, though 

 generally lighter in colour, especially on head and breast. Wings, c? 123-133, 

 ? 123-127 mm. 



Island of Sokotra. 



3. Streptopelia senegalensis pkoenicophila subsp. nov. 



Larger than S. s. senegalensis : wing, <$ 145-152, ? 139-149 mm.; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts bluish grey with brownish tips to the feathers, edges to inner 

 upper wing-coverts, and scapulars more brownish, less reddish ; underside less 

 pinkish, more brownish vinous ; less strongly contrasting from the tips to the 

 split jugular feathers. 



Date-palm groves south of the Atlas in Algeria, Tunisia, and Marocco, though 

 from the latter couutry information is scarce and vague. Probably also parts of 

 Tripolitania. — In Algeria from Berryan, Gharda'ia, Guerrara, Biskra to Metlili and 

 Ouargla, but absent from El-Golea and In-Salah and farther south. 



The Palm-Dove from Africa Minor used to be lumped — like aegyptiaca — with 

 S. s. senegalensis. Not very many years ago the late Carlo von Erlanger first 

 noticed the differences. He, however, united it with aegyptiaca, which he revived — 

 many years before Cabanis had already called attention to it. This course was 

 followed by Zedlitz and by Lord Rothschild and myself, but since I have compared 

 a series from Egypt with one from Algeria and Tunisia, it became evident that 

 these forms cannot be united. 



The specimens in the Dresser Collection (unfortunately no adult male !) from 

 Constantinople seem to be indistinguishable from those from Africa Minor, and 

 they must undoubtedly have been introduced, probably from Tunis or Tripoli. 



4. Streptopelia senegalensis aegyptiaca (Lath.) 



Columba testaceo-incarnata Forskäl, Descr. An. p. 5 (1775 — Egypt. — Forskäl's work Descr. Animalium, 



etc., was not binomial, names can therefore not be accepted from that work dated 1775). 

 Columba aegyptiaca Latham, Lid. Orn. ii. p. 607 (1790 — Egypt, ex Forskäl 1775). 

 Peristera rvfescens Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 257 (1855 — Egypt) ; id., Tauben, p. 54. 

 Turtur pygmaeus Brehm, Tauben,^. 56 (1857 — Egypt). 



Larger than S. s. senegalensis, of about the same size as S. s. pkoenicophila, but 

 head and nape uniformly deeper vinous, upper back, scapulars and inner upper 

 wing-coverts much more rufous than in phoe?iicopkila, almost uniform bright 



