232 BIRDS OF DAMABA LAND. 



Measurements of a male : — 



in. lin. 



Entire length 12 10 



Length of folded wing 9 10 



„ tarsus 10 



„ middle toe 11 



„ tail 4 8 



biU 10 



[I am disposed to differ from Mr. Andersson's opinion as to 

 the propriety of uniting this Pigeon with the S. guinea of equa- 

 torial Africa ; but at the same time I have not had the oppor- 

 tunity of examining a sufficient series of specimens to enable me 

 to form a very decided opinion on the subject. 



The examples contained in Mr. Andersson^s last collection 

 appeared decidedly to belong to the southern race ; but I have 

 not been able to trace the exact locality in which they were 

 obtained, neither have I been able to identify Avith certainty^ 

 at the Cambridge Museum, the Damara specimen referred to 

 by Strickland and Sclater {loc. cit.) . — Ed. J 



280. Turtur Senegalensis (Linn.). Senegal Dove. 



La Tourterelle muilUe, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 270. 

 Columba cambayeiisis, Tentminck & Knip's Pigeons, pi. 46. 

 Turtni- seneijalensis, Layard's Oat. No. 511. 



Columba cambai/e»xis, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 411. 

 TuHur senegalensis, Finsch cS; Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, p. 551. 

 „ „ Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 9317. 



This species is found abundantly from the Okavango 

 Elver southwards throughout Damara Land and Great 

 and Little Namaqua Land, as also at Lake Ngami. 



In its habits, manners, and nidification it resembles 

 the succeeding species ; but its eggs are a trifle smaller. 



