KINGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR, KAM) 47 Vn 5. Lfi 



breast, whereas in arquatrix they are spread as thickly över also the lovver breast and me- 

 dian portion of the abdomen >>. I have compared my own specimens from Britisb K.-i-t 

 Africa, 3 specimens from Kilimanjaro collected by SjÖSTEDT and 5 specimens from the 

 ( !ape Colony and Natal. The result of this comparison is t hat there might be a slight dif- 

 ference insize, although not so large asOBERHOLSERhas indicated. The vving of some sonth- 

 ern males measure fully 225 mm. and that of a female 218 mm. Sjöstedt found the 

 length of the wing of liis specimens from Kilimanjaro varv from 22Ö to 23") mm. My spe- 

 cimens have the same measurement from 22ö to 232 mm. An examination of a greater 

 number of specimens might thus easily abolish this little difference in size. The difference 

 in the spöts mentioned by Oberholser cannot be observed on my material. Specimens 

 from Kilimanjaro (Sjöstkdt) and from Nairobi have as large and as numerous spöts as 

 the southern specimens, and these spöts are spread in the former as thickly över the 

 lower breast and the median portion of the abdomen as in the southern specimens. 



Columba arquatrix proved to be a distinctly forest-loving bird. It was usually found 

 single (or in pairs) in the thick and dark forests. When sitting on a dry branch about 

 the middle height of the trees it looked almost black in the dim light which penetrated 

 the dense foliage. And it looked also black when flying in the forest so that when the 

 first specimen was shot and picked up I was quite astonished to see the richness of the 

 colouration of the presumably black bird. Specimens in moult were found the last days 

 of December. 



Turtur senegalensis sequatorialis Erl. 



Rchw. I, p. 406; Erl., J. f. Om. 1905, p. 116. 



Very common on the acacia-steppe round Luazomela river. 



It was also shot in shambas at Kagio and Fort Hall where it was common. 



A male shot in bush at Juja farm Jan. 18 th hade the testidés swelled and was evi- 

 dently breeding. A pair shot at Fort Hall 31 s had ovary, and testidés resp. swelled. 

 The breeding season is thus not sharply defined. 



Turtur semitorquatus (Rupp.). 



Rchw. I, p. 409. 



Common round Nairobi in the shambas in scattered trees, and at the edge of the for- 

 ests. Length of wing in four males resp. 182, 184, 186 and 187 mm. The specimens 

 may thus be counted to the race which C. von Erlanger has named 1 T. semitorquatus 

 intermedius. Iris reddish yellow. 



Turtur capicola tropicus Rchw. 



Rchw. I, p. 414 & III. p. 808. 



Turtle-doves with black neck-band, under tail coverts white, under side of tail white 

 and the outer web of the outer tail-feathers white, must be referred to the T. capicola- 

 1 Journ. f. Ornith. Jahrg. 1905, p. 123 — 124. 



