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Measurements of type (adult male). — Length of skin, 315; wing, 

 191; tail, 110; culmen, from anterior border of frontal membrane, 

 chord, 20; tarsus, 50; longest spur, 12. 



CHALCOPELIA AFRA KILIMENSIS, new subspecies. 



MOUNT KILIMANJARO METALLIC-SPOTTED DOVE. 



Type-specimen. — Adult male, Cat. No. 117864, U.S.N.M.; collected 

 at 5,000 feet altitude on Mount Kilimanjaro, German East Africa, 

 June 8, 1888, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Characters. — Most closely related to (Jhalcopelia afra (Linnseus) * 

 and to 0. a. abyssinica (Sharpe) 2 . In size, the three forms, afra, 

 abyssinica, and Jcilimensis, are quite similar; but they differ con- 

 siderably in coloration. The differences in color may be expressed as 

 follows : 



Chalcopelia afra afra. 



Bill dusky red, with only 

 the apical portion yellow. 



Forehead narrowly grayish 

 white. 



Mantle and inner wing- 

 feathers drab. 



Chest light brownish drab. 

 Abdomen pale pinkish buff. 



Chalcopelia afra abyssinica. 



Bill with basal half bright 

 red, terminalhalf yellow. 



Forehead broadly grayish 

 white. 



Mantle and inner wing- 

 feathers hair brown. 



Chest pale vinaceous-drab . 

 Abdomen pinkish white. 



Chalcopelia afra Mlimensis. 



Bill dusky red, with the 

 terminal fifth yellow. 



Forehead narrowly grayish 

 white. 



Mantle and inner wing- 

 feathers saccardo's um- 

 ber. 



Chest brownish drab. 



Abdomen pale pinkish 

 cinnamon. 



An immature female (Cat. No. 117862, U.S.N.M.) topotype has the 

 abdomen more buffy and the feathers of the sides cross-banded with 

 pale hair brown. 



Measurements of type (adult male). — Length of skin, 197; wing, 

 111; tail, 88; culmen (chord), 14.5; tarsus, 19.5. 



Average measurements of two adult males (including the type) . — 

 Wing, 108.5; tail, 91.5; culmen (chord), 14.5; tarsus, 19.3. 



Measurements of adult female (Cat. No. 117863). — Length of skin, 

 180; wing, 88; culmen, 14.5; tarsus, 18. 



Material. — Four topotypes from Mount Kilimanjaro, the only ex- 

 amples of this form seen by the author. 



CHALCOPELIA CHALCOSPILA (Wagler). 

 SENEGAL METALLIC-SPOTTED DOVE. 



This species, originally described from "Senegal," West Africa, 3 

 is represented in the collection before me by five subspecies, 4 four of 



i Syst. Nat., Twelfth ed., vol. 1, 1766, p. 284 (Senegal). 



2 Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 12, 1902, No. 90, p. 83 (Kokai, Bogos Land, Abyssinia). 

 8 Columba chalcospilos Wagler, Syst. Avium, 1827 ( Columba, sp. 83), p. [258] (Senegal). 

 * Two additional subspecies have been named from South Africa, as follows: 



Chalcopelia chalcospila volkmanni Reichenow, Journ. f. Ornith., 1902, p. 134 (Damara Land). 



Chalcopelia chalcospila caffra Reichenow, Journ. f. Ornith., 1902, p. 134 (Southeastern Africa). 



