418 ZOOLOGY. 



230. iffina capensis (L). 



Columba capensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12a, i- p- 288. 

 ^na cwpmsis, Efipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 371. 



Iris brown ; basal half of bill purplish red, tip yellow ; 

 legs pink. In young birds the plumage is mottled, 

 the bill dusky, all of one colour, and the legs purplish 

 brown. They were in this plumage, and evidently full- 

 grown, in August. 



I first met with this little . Dove close to Dongolo, 

 at about 6,500 feet above the sea, halfway between 

 Adigrat and Antalo. It is, however, rare on the high- 

 lands. In December, January, and February, there were 

 none whatever near Annesley Bay, but after the rain 

 in the latter month numbers appeared, and in May and 

 June it was one of the commonest birds about ZuUa 

 and Komayli. It also abounded in Samhar and the 

 tropical portion of Habab, becoming, however, very rare 

 or wanting in the subtropical or Anseba valley. 



Family TEEEONID^. 



231. Treron abyssinica (Lath.). 



Waalia, Bruce, Travels, vol. v. p. 186. 



Colwmha abyssinica, Lath. Ind. Om. Supp. p. k. — Salt, No. 48, 



App. p. xlviii. 

 Vinago abyssinica, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 360. 



Iris yellow or salmon colour, with a circle of pure 

 blue round the pupil ; bill dirty white ; cere purplish 

 pink : legs deep yellow. 



This bird is very closely allied in its form and habits 

 to the Indian Green Pigeon 



