402 



PERISTERID^. 



1870, p. 438; G. JR. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 238, n. 9313 (part.) 



(1870) ; Brooks, Str. Feath. iii. p. 256 (1875) ; Dress. Ibis, 1876, 



p. 321 ; Fairb. Str. Feath. iv. p. 262 (1876) (Mahabaleshwar) ; 



Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 728 (part.) (1877) ; Wardl. Rams. Ibis, 



1879, p. 449 (Afghanistan) ; Marsh. Ibis, 1884, p. 421 (Charnba) ; 



Brooks, Ibis, 1889, p. 575 (Cashmere) ; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 38 



(1889); Hein. Sf Bchnw. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 277 (1890). 

 ? Turtur meena, Tytl. Ibis, 1868, p. 203 ; ? Pelz. Ibis, 1868, p. 320 



(Pangi) ; Brooks, Ibis, 1869, p. 60. 

 Turtur monticolus (errore), Blyth, Ibis, 18G8, p. 355. 

 Columba gelastes, Severtz. {nee Tetnm.) Turk. Jevotn. p. 68 (1873) ; 



id. J.f. 0. 1875, p. 180. 

 Turtur vitticollis, " Hodgs.," Hume, Lahore to Yark. p. 274 (1873) 



(Sindh Valley, Kashmir). 

 Turtur pulchrata, Hume, Nests S> Eggs, p. 500 (1875) ; Butl. fy 



Hume, Str. Feath. iv. p. 3 (1876) ; Hume, Str. Feath. vi. p. 421 



(1878). 

 Turtur gelastes, Finsch {nee Temm.), Ibis, 1877, p. 60 (W. Siberia)' 

 Turtur pulchratus, Hume, Str. Feath. viii. p. 110 (1879) ; Legge, B. 



o/Ceyl. p. 711 (1880); Sharpe, Sc. Bes. Sec. Yark. Miss., Aves, 



p. 119 (1891). 

 Turtur orientalis ferrago, Seebh. B. Jap. Emp. p. 161 (1890) (Nepal, 



Turkestan, S.W. Siberia). 



Similar to T. turtur, but larger, with the edges of the scapulars 

 and upper wing-coverts more rusty, and with the tips of the 

 feathers on the sides of the neck lavender-grey ; abdomen whitish, 

 under tail-coverts and terminal band across the tail almost pure 

 white as in T. turtur. Total length 12*5 inches, wing 7"3 to 7'6, 

 tail 5-2, bill - 65, tarsus 1. 



Hah. S.W. Siberia, Turkestan, Cashmere, and Nepal ; it winters 

 in Central India ; straggler in Ceylon. 



a. 2 ad. sk. 



b, c. S ad. et ad. 

 sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



/, q. 8 ad. et ad. 



sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 

 i. 8 ad. sk. 

 k. 8 ad. sk. 



1. 8 ad. sk. 



Karakal, Turkestan, May. 

 Tschinas, Turkestan, May 



(Bussow). 

 Chilisconio, Aug. (Stoliczka). 

 Yarkand, May (Stoliczka). 

 Bvan Khevl, May, June (B. 



'G. W. B.). 

 Cashmere, July (Dr. Jerdon). 

 Gilgit, June (J. Biddulph). 

 Gilgit Valley, June (J. Bid- 

 dulph). 

 Astor, 11,500 feet, Sept. 



m, n. t3 ? ad. sk. Simla, June, July (B. C. 



Beavan). 

 o-u. 8 2 ad. et Simla, July-Oct. ( W. Davi- 



imm. sk. son and A. O. H.). 



v, w, x. 8 2 a( i- Simla, Oct. (W. Davison). 



sk. 

 y. 2 ad. sk. Mahasso, Simla, Sept. ( W. 



Davison). 

 s. Ad. sk. Mahasso, Simla, Sept. ( W. 



Davison). 



Dr. Otto Finsch [C.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



India Museum [P.]. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



J. Biddulph, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



