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parts of the day in deep forest when all else is silent, a long series of resonant 
coos on a descending scale, hurried a little toward the end. 
Turtur afer kilimensis (Mearns). Blue-spotted Wood Dove 
Chalcopelia afra kilimensis Mearns, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., vol. 48, p. 383, 1915: Mt. Kilimanjaro. 
Top of head pale blue, throat whitish; cheeks, sides of throat, and the breast pale vinaceous 
passing into the dull olive of the upper surface. Two dark bands enclosing a buffy one across the 
rump; tips of upper tail-coverts also blackish, making a transverse band. Wing lining rufous; 
a large metallic blue spot on outer vane of six of the secondaries; basal under tail-coverts white, 
the longer ones nearly black. Sierra Leone and Kenya Colony, south. 
This is the common and familiar little ground dove throughout Liberia in the 
open country, frequenting the clearings and edges of the rice-fields, or coming 
trustingly into the villages. It is usually found in pairs feeding together on the 
ground, or sometimes one may put up three birds or even several pairs from some 
field where the rice has lately been garnered and the scattered kernels remain to 
be gleaned. Other writers testify to its abundance, and Biittikofer regarded it 
as one of the commonest birds of the coast region. It avoids heavy forest and 
bushy growth. Its flight is low and weak, not long sustained, for it seldom goes 
more than fifty or a hundred yards before dropping to the ground again. Ac- 
cording to Biittikofer its eggs have been found in December. 
Calopelia puella puella (Schlegel). Gold Coast Odu Dove 
Columba (Peristera) puella Schlegel, Bijdr. Dierk., pt. 1, p. 17, pl., 1848: Dabocrom, Gold Coast. 
Head bright blue, upper parts chestnut; two metallic green spots on wing. Upper throat 
vinaceous, belly and upper tail-coverts bright rusty. Immature birds lack the metallic spots on 
wing. Sierra Leone to Cameroon Mountain. 
This very handsome and brightly colored little dove is apparently everywhere 
uncommon. Biittikofer says that he only now and then met with it in low forest 
near Hill Town, once at Bavia, and once at Soforé Place, while Stampfli suc- 
ceeded in procuring but four examples from the Junk and Du rivers. Our only 
specimen was taken in dense undergrowth on the bank of the Du, under a canopy 
of taller trees. It was walking quickly about on the ground a few yards from a 
boatful of people. It is no doubt essentially a solitary species. Kemp regards 
it as very rare in southern Sierra Leone. 
Aplopelia simplex (Hartlaub). Sao Thomé Lemon Dove 
Turtur simplex Hartlaub, Rey. et Mag. Zool., 1849, p. 497: S. Thomé Id., Gulf of Guinea. 
Forehead pale blue gray; occiput and nape metallic green with coppery reflections, especially 
on sides of neck. Lower back, wings and tail dusky brown; chin white, upper breast and throat 
gray with green reflections; belly and under tail-coverts whitish; a terminal band on the tail gray 
above, white below. 
The only specimen was brought in alive to us at Paiata by the natives who 
had doubtless trapped it in a snare. Careful comparison with a single skin 
from Sio Thomé reveals no important differences, though the back is perhaps 
slightly darker. Since the Cameroon Mountain bird as well as those of southern 
Cameroons and of Uganda have been given distinctive names, it may be that 
