from Equatorial Africa. 99 
of the body. Tlie yellower birds, which apparently always 
have a more extended bare forehead, should bear the name of 
V. nudirostris ', but there seems to me to be yet a third race 
of these Green Pigeons from Gaboon and other parts of 
tropical West Africa. This is a very dingy olive-green 
tinted bird with scarcely any indication of grey neck- collar. 
It is in every respect such a dark green bird that it is not 
possible to confound it with F. calva and V. nudirostris. I 
think that this race must bear the name of V. pytiriopsis 
of Bonaparte (C. E,. xxxix. p. 837, 1854). Dr. lleichenow 
quotes a similar name as given by Jules Verreaux in 1851 
(Rev. et Mag. de Zool. p. 421), but I fail to find this name 
as published by Verreaux. Specimens of Vinago pytiriopsis 
(Bp.) are in the British Museum from Gaboon {Maison 
Verreaux, sent as V. nudirostris) (DuChaillu) ; Prince's 
Island {F. Newton). 
Of the specimens included in the ' Catalogue ' by Count 
Salvadori under the heading of Vinago calva (xxi. pp. 22, 23), 
the following should, I think, be referred to V. nudirostris, 
the rest remaining as V. calva : — b. W. Africa (Verreaua;) ; 
V. E,. Niger {Dr. Baikie); x. Shonga(^. A. Forbes) ; m' ^n' . 
Semmio and Sassa, Niam-Niam {F. Bohndorff) ; i'. Angola 
[Monteiro) ; o'-r' . Kilimanjaro {&ir H. H. Johnston). In 
addition, we have examples from Kikuyu {R. Crawshay) ; 
Machako's (Dr. Hinde), and Marungu [Major Kenrick), 
6. COLUMBA GUINEA. 
Columba guinea (L.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. 
p. 226 (1893) ; Neum. J. f. 0. 1898, p. 291; Sharpe, Hand-1. 
i. p. 69 (1899) ; Beichen. Vog. Afrikas, p. 401 (1901). 
$ ad. Mt. Elgon. 
7. TURTUR LUGENS. 
Turtur lugens (Biipp.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 78 (1899); 
Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, p. 408 (1901). 
No. 638. c?. Lake Baringo, March 20, 1901. 
8. Sarothrura pulchra. 
Corethrura pulchra Neum. J. f. O. 1898, p. 273. 
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