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Chalcopelia afra (L.) 
Columba afra , Linné, Syst. Nat. I. p. 284 (1766). 
Chalcopelia afra (L.) Salvad., Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXI. p. 506 (1893); Reichw., Vög. 
Afr. I. p. 426(1900 — 1901); Blow., Pr. Z. Soc. 1900 p. 966; Witherby, Ibis, 1901. p. 267; 
Ch. Roths ch. & Wollast., Ibis, 1902 p. 26;' Ogilv.-Grant, Ibis, 1902 p. 467; Butler, 
Ibis, 1905. p. 359, 1908. p. 249. 
cf. Abu-Hashim, 9. II. 1911. 
This one male was obtained for the collection; though I met with 
this pretty bird frequently in the bushes and jungle-like forests bordering 
the White-Nile and Binder, but I always saw single specimens oply. It 
seems this Do we pursues solitary habits. 
Oena capensis (L.) 
Columba capensis, Linné, Syst. Nat. I. p. 286 (1766). 
Oena capensis (L.) Salvad., Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXI. p. 501 (1893); Reichw., Vög. 
Afr. I. p. 429; Witherby, Ibis, 1901. p. 267; Ch. Rothsch. & Wollast., Ibis, 1902. p. 26; 
Ogilv.-Grant, Ibis, 1902. p. 467 ; Butler, Ibis, 1905. p. 359, 1908. p. 249, 1909. p. 401. 
cf. El-Erediba, 27. I. 1911. 
Bill orange-yellow, base of bill lilac-carmine, feet carmine. 
I first saw the long-tailed Dove near Adbara, then it was very common 
throughout the whole Sudan. I shot a specimen at El-Erebida in which 
the whole of back including the rump and uppertail-coverts were clear 
bluish-gray as the median wing-coverts are. It is a pity, that I lost this 
bird, or was robbed by the native dogs, which were prowling about our 
camp. This abnormal coloured bird was probably an individual variety. 
Ordo: BALLIFORMES. 
Fam. PAERIDAE. 
Actophilus africanus (Gm.) 
Parra africana, Gmel., Syst. Nat. II. p. 709 (1788). 
Phyllopezus africanus (Gmel.) Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXIV. p. 76 (1896) ; Flower, 
Pr. Zool. Soc. 1900. p. 965; Ogilv.-Grant, Ibis, 1902. p. 458; Butler, Ibis, 1908. p. 261. 
Actophilus africanus (Gmel.), Reichw., Vög. Afr. I. p. 267 (1900 — 1901). 
ad. Tiza, Blue-Nile, 28. II. 1912 (Count Königsegg). 
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