. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 176 COLUMBID^ (ENA In South Africa it is generally distributed throughout, though much more abundant in the dryer western and central portions. It appears to be partially migratory, as although it has been met with in the western Transvaal and German South-west Africa throughout the year, it visits, so far as our records go, Cape Colony and Natal only in Pig. 55.—QSna capensis. The following are recorded localities with dates : Cape Colony— Cape division, December, Tulbagh, December, Worcester, December, Beaufort West, October, Hanover, September (S
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 176 COLUMBID^ (ENA In South Africa it is generally distributed throughout, though much more abundant in the dryer western and central portions. It appears to be partially migratory, as although it has been met with in the western Transvaal and German South-west Africa throughout the year, it visits, so far as our records go, Cape Colony and Natal only in Pig. 55.—QSna capensis. The following are recorded localities with dates : Cape Colony— Cape division, December, Tulbagh, December, Worcester, December, Beaufort West, October, Hanover, September (S. A. Mus.), Wel- lington in Paarl division, January (Shelley), Deelfontein, resident (Seimund), Orange River near Upington, January (Bradshaw), near Aliwal North (Whitehead), Hay divison, September, December (Burehell), Harts Eiver, January (Ayres), Oudtshoorn, December (Victorin), King William's Town (Trevelyan); Natal—Ladysmith and Blaauw Krantz Eiver, November (Eeid), Zululand, October (Wood- ward Bros.); Orange Eiver Colony—Kroonstad (Symonds), Vrede- fort Eoad (B. Hamilton); Transvaal—Potchefstroom, January, May and July (Ayres), near Wolmeranstad, July (B. Hamilton), Upper Limpopo, July (Oates), near Johannesburg (Haagner); Bechuana-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna of South Africa. London, R. H. Porter
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