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Dendrotreron nepalensis, Bp. Compt. Iiena xxxix. p. 1104 (1854) ; 



id. Coup d'wil Ordre Pig. p. 20 (1855). 

 Stictoenas hodgsonii, Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columbs, p. 71 (1873). 



Adult male. Head and upper part of the neck grey ; feathers of the 

 lower part of the hind neck acuminate, black, and with the apical 

 portion grey ; interscapular region and upper wing-coverts deep 

 vinous chestnut, the median wing-coverts with white specks ; lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts lead-grey, darker on tho latter, 

 which are greyish black ; lower fore neck, breast, and abdomen 

 deep vinous chestnut ; tho feathers of the lower fore neck broadly 

 edged with grey, those of the breast have narrow greyish-vinous 

 edges, and those of the abdomen only two small greyish spots near 

 the tips : flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts lead-grey ; greater 

 upper wing-coverts and the under wing-coverts also lead-grey ; 

 quills and primary-coverts blackish brown ; tail slate-black : "bill 

 purplish black ; irides hoary ; orbital space livid ; legs and feet 

 blackish green in front, yellow behind : claws pale yellow." Length 

 about 15 inches, wing 9-3, tail 5-75, bill - 67, tarsus 0*9. 



Female. Similar to the male, but duller and smaller ; the grey 

 colour of the head less pale and clear, and the vinous-chestnut parts 

 of the male dark grey. 



Bab. From Cashmere, through the middle region of the Hima- 

 layas to Moupin. 



a. cJ ad. sk. 



b. 2 ad. sk. 



c. d. (5 $ ad. sk. 

 e. <$ ad. sk. 



/. <S ad. sk. 



g, h, i. 3 § ad. sk. 



k, I. cS ad. sk. 

 *». cS ad. sk. 

 n. <5 juv. sk. 



o-f'. 6 ? ad. et 



hum. sk. 

 g'. 3 juv. sk. 



h', i\ k'. 3 2 ad. 



sk. 

 /', m', ri. 3 2 a <b 



sk. 

 o'. <5 ad. sk. 

 p'. $ ad. sk. 



Cashmere (Capt. 8. Piincill). 



Cashmere. 



N.W. Himalayas. 



Koteghur. 



Kumaon. 



Nepal. 



Nepal (B. H. Hodgson 



Nepal Vallev. 



Touglo, Sikhim, 11,000 ft. 



(JF. D. Godmari). 

 Native Sikhim, Jan. -June 



& Nov. [L. Mandelli). 

 Interior of Sikhim, June 



(i. Mandelli). 

 Darjeeling, April, Nov. 



Bootan (Pemoerton). 



Moupin. 

 [Bombay] (Syke/) 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Capt. S. Pinwill [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 [P.]. (Types of 

 Columba nipalensis, Hodgs.) 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 India Museum. 



Seebohm Coll. 



India Museum IV. 



