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172, CoLumBA LUGENS, Riipp. 
Columba lugens, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. t. 22. f. 2. 
Turtur lugens, Rupp. Syst. Uebers. p. 100. no. 368; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 516. 
a. Taconda Pass. April 24 (no. 199). 
[Iris salmon-pink, skin round eye crimson; legs and feet pink. 
No further notes.—W. J.] 
173. TURTUR ALBIVENTRIS, Gray. 
Turtur semitorquatus, Sws. (nec Riipp.). 
risorius, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 100. no. 366 ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 518; Brehm, Habesch, 
p. 222. no. 121; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 546. no. 294. 
a. 3. Koomaylee. June 3. 
5. 2. Koomaylee. June 3. 
c. 2. Koomaylee. June 3. 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
5M gil gi vu qi git! P , a Ss 
5 7 3 4 c.7 ae Rs 
5 5 38 2 64 Dead: Tye Be 
I take the specimens in Mr. Jesse’s collection for the above-named species, although 
they seem to differ a little from western specimens. 7. capicola, Sund., from South 
Africa differs in being generally somewhat darker, especially on the under quill-coverts, 
which are more grey than greyish white. In 7. albiventris the head also wants the 
ashy tint, and is of a delicate vinaceous like the breast. ‘The north-eastern specimens re- 
semble, therefore, in every respect Levaillant’s “ Tourterelle blonde a collier” (tab. 268), 
which Bonaparte refers to the Indian 7. risorius—the latter species being, however, 
quite different in having the crissum and under tail-coverts ashy instead of white. 
The African species of the genus Turtur are not at all well understood, and the 
distinction of them is difficult. They vary considerably in the intensity of the colour- 
ing in different localities; but without having large series one is unable to say whether 
these differences are specific or not. The slight differences of the North-eastern ex- 
amples of this bird I have mentioned already. In specimens of it from Damaraland the 
vinaceous colour of the belly is washed with a delicate grey, the top of the head is pale 
ashy, like the under wing-coverts’. 
There is also an individual variation from age and season. The female has the ramp 
almost brown like the back, the same as the upper quill-coverts, which show only a 
few greyish margins; whereas in the male the rump is ashy, mixed with brownish 
feathers, the same as the quill-coverts.— 0. F. 
Common in the plains, and up the pass as far as Sooroon. In June seen in large 
flocks.—W. J.] 
1 This is our 7. damarensis, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 550, 
