430 PERISTEEID^E. 



Turtur fallax, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbse, p. 124 (N.E. Africa) 

 (1873) (=roseogriseus, Suncl. fide Biittikofer, in litt.) ; Gieb. Thes. 

 Orn. iii. p. 726 (1877). 



Turtur ridibundus, Wilrtt. Coll. Mergenth., Jide Heugl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. ii. 2, p. clxix (1875). 



Turtur roseogriseus, Shell. Ibis, 1883, p. 309 (N.E. Africa). 



Similar to T. vinaceus, but larger, paler, with no black streak on 

 the lores, and with the under tuing-coverts very light grey, almost 

 white ; also the tail is differently coloured ; central tail-feathers 

 pale earthy brown ; the outer tail-feather has the outer web and the 

 apical portion white, the basal part of the inner web dark grey, 

 almost black, and the mesial part of the same inner web grey ; the 

 remaining tail-feathers are dark grey, with the outer webs tinged 

 with brown, and with the white tip diminishing in extent to the 

 inner ones. Total length about 12-5 inches, wing 6 to 6*2, tail 4-1, 

 bill 0-68, tarsus 0-9. 



Female. Somewhat smaller thaji the male. 



Hob. N.E. Africa and Djedda. 



According to Capt. Shelley, our tame Turtle-Dove belongs to this 

 species. 



a. <5 ad.sk. Ailat, W. of Massowa, June. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



b. $ ad. sk. Koomayli, Abyssinia, June Tweeddale Coll. 



{Jesse). 



c. d ad. sk. Koomayli, Abyssinia, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Jesse). 



d. $ a d- sk. Koomayli, Abyssinia, June Shelley Coll. 



(Jesse). 



e. Ad, sk. Djedda, Red Sea (S. S. Allen). Dresser Coll. 



21. Turtur douraca. 



Columba risoria, Pall, (nee Linn) Zoogr. Rosso-As. i. p. 565 (1811) 

 (Ghilan) ; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 150 (Dukhun) ; Naumann, 

 Wiegm. Arc'hiv, iii. 1, p. 106 (1837) (Balkan, Turkey) ; Nordm. 

 Bull. Ac. Sc. St. Petcrsb. 1837, n. 46 (Odessa and Islands on 

 Lower Danube) (cf. Rev. Zool. 1838, p. 293) ; Keys. $ Bias. 

 Wirbelth. Eur. pp. lxii, 198, n. 268 (1840) ; Finsch, J.f. O. 1859, 

 p. 385 (Bulgaria); SchrencJc, Reis. Amur-L. i. p. 392 (1860); 

 Homey. J.f. 0. 1870, p. 169 ; Sperling, Ibis, 1864, p. 283 (S. Syria) ; 

 Alleon, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 5 (Constantinople) ; Mull. 

 J. f. 0. 1879, p. 390 (Cyprus) ; Ulf. Ibis, 1889, p. 333 (Cyprus). 



Turtur douraca, Hudgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844) ; Schleg. 

 Mus. P.-B. Coluniba?, p. 123 (1873) ; Gieb. Thes. 0?~n. iii. p. 726 

 (1877) ; ? Picaqlia, Atti Soc. Nat. Mod. (3) ii. p. 44 (1884) (Modena, 

 Italy) ; Stejn. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1887, p. 427, pi. xxii. f. 3 (outer 

 tail-feather). 



Turtur risorius, Strickl. Ann. fy Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 38 (1844), xiv. 

 p. 117 (1844) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 870 (1845) ; id. Ann. $ 

 Mag. N. H. xix. p'. 181 (1847) ; Hartl. Erst. Nachtr. Verz. p. 17, 

 n. 178 (1846) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B.r>, 235, n. 1430 (part.) 

 (1849) ; Kelaart, Prodr. Cat. p. 130 (1852) ; Layard, Ann. $ 

 Mag. N. H. (2) xiv. p. 59 (1854) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 261 



