2. columba. 303 



o-s. Ad. sk. Koteghur, March, April. Hume Coll. 



t. J ad. sk. Simla, Dec. ( II'. Davison). Hume Coll. 



u. Ad.sk. Bussahir, Feb, Hume Coll. 



v. Ad. sk. Kumaon, July (G. F. L. Mar- Hume Coll. 



shall). 



u: Ad. sk. Near Almoiali, Nov. Hume Coll. 



x. Ad. sk. Nairn Tal, Nov. Hume Coll. 



y. Ad. .sk. NepaL B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 



36. Coluniba torringtoniae. 



Palumlms elphinstonii, var., Blyth, J. A. S. B. xx. p. 178 (1851). 

 Palumbus torringtonii, Kelaart, Pr. Faun. Zeyl. p. 107 (1852) ; Bp. 



Coasp. A v. ii. p. 42 (1854): id. Cotnpt. Read, xxxix. p. 1103 



(1854), xl. p. 218, n. 117 (1855) ; id. Coup <!',, // Ordr. Big. pp. 20. 



56, n. 117 (1855); id. Cm/,/,/. Send, xliii. p. 837 (1856); Bchnh. 



Tauben, i. p. 52 ( L862) ; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 466 (1864) ; Blyth, 



Ibis, 1867, p. 306 ; G. 11. Or. Hand-list. ii. p. 233, n. 9247 (1870); 



Hume, Nests \ Eggs, iii. p. 499 (1875); id. Sir. F.yii. p. 424 



(1878), viii. p. 109 (1879). 

 Caipophaga (Palumbus) torringtonii, Kelaart, Prodr. Cat. p. 130 



(1852). 

 Carpopbaga torringtonii, Layard, Ann. §■ Mao. A. II. xiv. p. 59 



(1854). 

 Columba torringtonii, G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mas. Columba-, p. 27 



(1850) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. i. p. 751 (1872) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 



p. 38 (1889). 

 Palumbus torringtoniae, Holdsir. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 694 ; Legge, Ibis, 



1874, p. 25; id. Birds of Ceyl p. 693, pi. 30 (ad. and young) 



(1880). 

 Lepidcenas torringtoni, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbre, p. 71 (1873). 



Adult mill,'. Head, neck, and underparts ashy vinous, with 

 metallic-pnrple reflections, brighter on the upper mantle and crop- 

 region, and more or less green on the lower neck ; the upper mantle- 

 shows a cupreous hue ; nuchal patch black, with the tips of the 

 feathers white ; throat grey ; back, rump, upper wing-coverts, and 

 wings slate-grey, the feathers of the back, rump, and scapulars with 

 slight green or purple reflections on the edges ; primaries dull 

 brown, with paler outer edges; under wing-coverts slate-grev : tail 

 date-black: "iris pale red; orbital skin pink; bill, basal half 

 plumbeous, the apical or corneous portion bluish ; tarsus in front 

 and top of the toes red, posterior tarsus and sides of toes, with the 

 soles, paler ; claws fleshy white "' ( Legge). Total length 13*5 to 

 14-3 inches, wing 7 - 7 to S. bill 0-75, tarsus - 92. 



Female. Similar to the male, but head, chest, and under surface 

 more ruddy than in the male, and the cupreous hue of the lower 

 hind neck deeper ; under tail-coverts and flanks redder. 



Young. "Upper surface ashy plumbeous; forehead and face 

 slightly ruddy ; neck-patch not developed, the feathers of the 

 nuchal collar being blackish, with ashy-whitish tips, not pure 

 white ; the metallic hue of hind neck faintly developed ; chest 

 ruddy plumbeous ; the under surface vinaceous slaty, washed with 



