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DÇ J. V. MADARÁSZ 
Farn. PERISTEBIDAE. 
Turtur decipiens, Finsch & Hartl. 
Turtur decipiens, Finisch & Hartl., Vög. Ostafr. p. 544 (1870); S alvad., Cat. B. 
Br. Mus. XXI. p. 420 (1893); Reichw'., Vög. Air. 1. p. 412 (1900 — 1901); Ch. Rothsch. & 
Wollast., Ibis, ,1902 p. 25; Ogilv.-Grant, Ibis, 1902. p. 465; Butl. Ibis, 1905. p. 359, 
1908 p. 249. 
Turtur ambiguus (nec Boc.) Witherby, Ibis, 1902. p. 266. 
Turtur decipiens decipiens, Finscii & Hartl., Zedlitz, Journ. f. Orn. 1910. p. 347. 
c?. El-Erediba, Blue-Nile, 27. I. 1911. 
cT. Abu- Haskim, Hinder, 8. II. 1911. 
These examples and generally all those occuring in Eastern Sudan 
are not quite typically coloured. I sent the collected specimens for exami¬ 
nation to Count Zedlitz, who was just engaged with the study oH the 
Turtle-Doves, and had opportunity to compare my birds with the type 
of T. decipiens Finsch & Hartl. Count Zedlitz informed me, among other 
things that, in these birds the middle of belly is somewhat greyer than in 
the typical T. decipiens from Dongola. König, however, has already referred 
to it in his last publication of the White-Nile. In any case these birds from 
Eastern Sudan may be determined without any hesitation as T. de¬ 
cipiens. 
I observed this species during our sojourn in great numbers, but 
they occured mostly in pairs especially in the morning and evening, when 
they arrived to the borders of the White-.Nile and Hinder uninterrupted. 
Beside this species I saw also many others of the Turtle-Doves on those 
places and everywhere in Sudan in immense numbers, but more is the pity 
I could not obtain more species for the collection for want of time for prepa¬ 
ration, though these birds were shot for sport by the gentlemen accom¬ 
panying us. 
I found also the nest of Turtur decipiens at Khor-Em-Dul on the 
17 th February. It was built on alow branch of tree about iy 2 m. high in 
which one egg was laid. 
Turtur senegalensis (L.) 
Columba senegalensis, Linné, Syt. Nat. I. p. 283 (1766). 
Turtur senegalensis (L.) Salvad., Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXI. p. 448 (1893); Reichw., 
Vög. Afr. I. p. 406* (1900 —1901) ; Butler, Ibis, 1905. p. 359. 
7 . Luieza, Hinder, 2. II. 1911. 
