5. TURTUR. 



399 



greater and outermost smaller -wing-coverts grey ; quills brown, the 

 tertials broadly edged with cinnamon-brown ; two central tail- 

 feat hers brown, the remainder greyish black, broadly tipped with 

 white, which runs up the whole outer web of the outer feathers : 

 bill brown ; iris reddish brown, bare skin round the eye red ; tarsi 

 and feet red. Total length 11*5 inches, wing 7, tail 4*8, bill 0-8, 

 tarsus 0*85. 



Ft nude. Rather smaller than the male, and the plumage less 

 bright and pure. 



Young. Upper parts much browner than in the adult; quills 

 margined and tipped with rufous, and the rufous margins to the 

 coverts and scapulars broader and duller; no dark patches on the 

 sides of the neck ; thi-oat and breast dull pale ash, the lower throat 

 washed with butty brown; flanks grey; rest of the underparts 

 white. 



llih. Western Pakearctic Region ; Africa in winter as far south 

 at least as Shoa, and Asia as far east as Yarkand. 



pull. st. 

 h- a. Ad., juv., et 



pull. st. 

 o. c? ad. sk. 

 p. Ad. sk. 

 q. Ad. st. 

 r. 6 ad. sk. 



s. <$ juv. sk. 



t. 2 ad. sk. 



u, v. 5 ad. et c? 



juv. sk. 

 w. Juv. sk. 

 r. y. <S $ juv. sk. 

 z. Juv. sk. 

 a'. Ad. sk. 



b'. c? ad. sk. 

 c'. rf ad. sk. 



d'. 2 ad. sk. 



e'. $ ad. sk. 

 /'. J ad. sk. 



ad. et Merton, Norfolk. 

 Cambridgeshire. 



(5 ad. sk. 

 (5 ad. sk. 



/, /. ■'. Ad. sk. 



/', >n\ ri. <$ 2 a( l- 



sk. 

 s . \d. sk. 

 n. Ad. sk. 



Brighton, Sussex, April. 



Colgate, Sussex, July. 



Berkshire. 



Cookham, July (B. B. 



Sharpe). 

 Cookham, May ( W. Briggs). 

 Cookham, July. 

 Bornney Marsh, July. 



Banks of Thames, Sept. 

 Avington, Sept. 

 Avington (G. E. Shelley). 

 West Drayton, June (Para- 

 man). 

 Heligoland, May (Giitke). 

 Hungary, July. 



Valencia, April (H. Saun- 

 ders). 



Tangier.*, April. 



Biskra, Algeria, May 

 (Dixon). 



El Kantura, Algeria, May 

 (Dixon ). 



Lambesse, Algeria, May 

 (DLvon). 



Tunis. 



Egypt (G. E. Shelley). 



Africa. 



Near Lefkonico, Cyprus, 

 April ((iuillemard). 



Lord Walsingham 



[P.]. 

 Purchased. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 W. Briggs, Esq. [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Sharpe CoD. 



Gould Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Hungarian Museum 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Fra^er [C.l. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Purchased. 



Lord Lilford [P.]. 



