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Show 518 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, and the Taranta Pass as far as Semien, W ogara, and Begemeder, but was not observed by him in Gala-land o r to the westward of the Tana Lake. 174. TURTUR DAMARENSIS. Turtur damarensis, F. & H.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 838 (1871) ; Salvad. Cat, B. Brit, Mus. xxi. p. 426 (1893) ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 69 (1894). Turtur capicola (nee Sund.), Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 546. A. d ad. Lafarok, July 12, 1894. Apparently not found in N.E. Africa, but it extends from Damara-land and the Transvaal throughout the whole of East Africa, and was found by Mr. Jackson in Kitosh. Dr. Reichenow gives a number of places for the species, from the Pangani River to Bussissi in the south of the Victoria Nyanza. 175. GilNA CAPENSIS. (Ena capensis (L.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 848 (1871); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 209 (1884), vi. p. 305 (1888); Oust. t. c. p. 11 (1886); Salvad. Cat, B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 501 (1893); id. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 561 (1894) ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 71 (1894). «. d juv. Berbera, July 3, 1894. b. d ad. Sassabane, July 31, 1894. Occurs in the Nile regions and on the Red Sea coasts, as far as 23° N. lat. South of this it is said by Heuglin to be common in the coast-lands of Abyssinia south to the Gulf of Aden, and in the warmer portions of Abyssinia it ascends to 7000 feet. Near Khartoum he found it breeding. It is common in Shoa, according to Antinori and Ragazzi, and is shown by Dr. Reichenow- to be widely distributed in East Africa, from Bagamoyo to Masai-land and the Victoria Nyanza. 176. CHALCOPELIA AFRA. Chalcopelia afra (L.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 845 (1871); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 304 (1888); Sharpe, Ibis' 1892, p. 547; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 506 (1893); id. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 561 (1894); Reichen. Voo-. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 71 (1894). «. d ad. Ehrer, Aug. 18, 1894. b. 2 ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 27, 1894. Iris dark brown ; legs dull crimson; cere dark grey. c. 2 ad. Mt, Kuldush, Dec. 18, 1894. Heuglin gives the northern limit of this species in N.E. Africa, as 17° or 18° N. lat. in Berber and Takah. It appears both on the coast-lands and in the mountains of Abyssinia, in the latter up to 8000 feet, also in Senar, Kordofan, and in the country of the White Nile and its tributaries, as well as in Danakil and Somali- |
