i!50 



CuLUMISlD.E. 



Female. The grey colour of the wings and back somewhat duller. 



Young. Feathers of the back and the wing-coverts with narrow 

 pale edges; the white of the underparts dirty buff. 



Hob. From Yarkand and Cashmere, through the Himalayas, to 

 Thibet. 



a. <$ ad. si*. 



b, c, d. Ad. sk. 

 e. Ad. sk. 

 /', g, h. Ad. sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 

 k. <5 ad. sk. 



I, m. Ad. sk. 



n. J ad. sk. 



o. Ad. sk. 

 p, q. Ad. sk. 

 /•, 8, t. Ad. sk. 



II, v, w. Ad. sk. 

 .c. Ad. sk. 

 y-e'. Ad. sk. 



/',</'. Ad. sk. 

 h'. S ad. sk. 



i . 2 a d. sk. 



k'. Imm. sk. 



I', m', ri . Ad. 

 o'-r'. Ad. sk. 



.s'. Ad. sk. 



t', u'. J $ ad. sk. 



v'^y'. <S $ ad. sk. 



sk. 



Gilgit, Aug. 



Kotegkur, March. 

 Kulu, Feb. 

 Bussahir, Jan., Feb. 

 Dhurmsala, Jan. 

 Chamba, Feb. (C. U. T. 



Marshall). 

 Masuri. 

 Ganofaotri Valley, May 



(W. E. Brooks). 

 Kumaon. 



Kumaon (Strachey). 

 Nepal. 



Nepal (Hodgson). 



Nepal, Jan. (J. Scully). 



Native Sikbim, Jan., April, 

 Nov., Dec. (L.Mandelli). 



Sikhim. 



Sikhim, Oct. ( W. T. Stan- 

 ford). 



Sikhim, Oct. 



J. Biddulph, Esq. 



[0.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



India Museum [P.]. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Sikhim, Sept. (//. J. Ehces). 



Darjeeling. 



Darjeeling. 



Bootan (Pembertori). 



N. Chuan-che, April {Prje- 



valsky). 

 Kansu,Thibet,Marcb, April, Seebolmi Coll 



Aug. (Prjcvalsky). 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Seebobm Coll. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Seebobm Coll. 



3. Colurnba mpestris. 



Columba oenas, var. S. mpestris, Pall. Zoogr. Ross.-As. i. p. 560, 

 t. 35(1811). 



Columba oenas, var. rupicola (crrore), Pall. op. cit. p. 562 (descr.) 

 (1811) (wee C. rupicola, p. 566). 



Columba rupestris, Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 48 (1854) ; id. Compt.Bend. 

 xxxix. p. 1107 (1854), xl. p. 218, n. 134 (1855) ; id. Coup d'wil 

 Ordre Pig. pp. 23, 56, n. 134 (1855) ; G. R. Or. List B. Brit. 

 Mas. Columbaj, p. 29 (1856) ; Sundev. Svenska Foglarna, p. 169 

 (1850); Bp. Icon. Pig. pi. 75 (1857); Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, 

 p. 400; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 57 (1862), ii. p. 196, Novit. Suppl. 

 t. ii. f. 14 (1862) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1802, p. 92 ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 306; Jerd. B. of Ind. iii. p. 420 (1864); Blyth, Ibis, 1867, 

 p. 149 ; Tacz. J.f. O. 1871, p. 308; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 232, 

 n. 9235 (1870); Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 434, 1871, p. 397; Gieb. 

 Thes. Orn. i. p. 730 ( li-72) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 68 



