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bird is brown, so unlike the old one that it might be taken for a different species. My attention 

 was first drawn to the remarkable variation in plumage by shooting a very light-yellowish female 

 on the 12th of March. Afterwards I found great difference in the tints, especially of the head 

 and neck, which I could not reconcile in any way." 



The nest of the present species is a very slight platform of sticks, like that of the common 

 Turtle Dove ; and its eggs resemble those of that species, but are slightly smaller in size. 



The specimen figured is an adult male from Egypt, in my own collection, and is the bird 

 above described. 



In the preparation of the above article 1 have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, 6 . Ghor el Safieh, Palestine, January 29th, 1864 (H. B. Tristram), b, 6 . Egypt, March 31st, 1870 (G. E. 

 Shelley), c, 6 . Egypt, April 4th, 1870 (G. E. S.). 



E Mus. 6. E. Shelley. 



a, <j. Fayoom, Egypt, March 14th, 1871 (G.E.S.). b. Plains of Accra (Ussher). c. Cape of Good Hope. 

 d. Zambesi {Mellar). 



E Mus. Brit. Reg. 



«7 6 > b, 2 • Jericho {H. B. Tristram), c, $ . Egypt, April 1st, 1868 (G. E. Shelley), d, tf. Tigre, Abyssinia, 

 March 27th, 1868. e, ? . Ailat, Abyssinia, June 27th, 1868 {W. T. Blanford). f, g. Tette {Dr. Living- 

 stone), h. Niger Expedition (Dr. Balfour Baikie). h. Senegal (Laglaize). i,j. India (Dr. Burns). 

 k, I. Kamptee, India (Dr. Hinde) . m. Gangontra, India. 



