BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE BELGIAN CONGO 793 
Columbidae 
Streptopelia semitorquata semitorquata (Rippell) 
Columba semitorquata Riippell, N. Wirbelth., Vog. p. 66, pl. 23, fig. 2, 1837: Taranta Mts. 
Ethiopia. 
Male, Burunga, 23 March 1927. 
I refer this specimen to the present race often known as erythrophrys which 
latter is not too well established. The bird is darker on the upper parts than 
several other males from Liberia, Cameroon, and Kenya Colony, but the colora- 
tion is quite variable as is shown by a long series in the collections of the Museum 
of Comparative Zoélogy. The present specimen has an unusually small bill, 
the culmen measuring only 15.8 mm. The wing measures 178 mm. 
Erlanger described S. semitorquata intermedia from Shoa because his speci- 
mens from that region had the brown of the upper parts a shade darker, and 
were slightly smaller in size than typical semitorquata. However, the present 
specimen from the Congo exhibits all these characters and even exceeds inter- 
media in the darkness of the upper parts, indicating the range of non-geographic 
variation possible in this pigeon. 
Tympanistria tympanistria fraseri Bonaparte 
Tympanistria fraseri Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. ii. 1854, p. 67: Fernando Po. 
Immature female (?), Kibati, 28 March 1927. 
This specimen is molting and is in poor plumage for study. According to 
collector’s notes the skull was not completely ossified; the ovary very small. 
Cuculidae 
Centropus superciliosus loandae C. H. B. Grant 
Centropus superciliosus loandae C. H. B. Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., xxxv, 1915, p. 54: N’Dalla 
Tando, northern Angola. 
Male, Lulenga, 7 March 1927. 
This individual agrees with a small series from various parts of its range in 
the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy. 
The East African form C. superciliosus furvus is not distinct from typical 
superciliosus. 
Musophagidae 
Musophaga rossae rossae Gould 
Musophaga rossae Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1851, p. 93: Loanda (Cf. Grant, Ibis, 1915, 
p. 413). 
Male, Ngomo, 3 February 1927. 
This specimen agrees with others from Uganda, Kenya Colony, and Tan- 
ganyika Territory, in the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy. The species ap- 
parently has rather narrow limits of variation, if the small series examined gives 
a proper idea of its variability. 
