O. TURTUR. 



439 



n", o", p". cJ ? ad. Wadale, Nov., Dec. (8. B. Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. Fairbank). 



q"-w". c? 2 ad. et Ahmednuarger, June, Nov., Tweeddale Coll. 



c? juv. sk. Dec. (S. B. Fairbank). 



x" iV • c? 2 ad. sk. Madras. Gould Coll. 



z". Skeleton. India. Purchased. 



S. Spilopelia. ... 



Type. 



Spilopelia, Sundev. Meth. nat. Av. disp. Tent. p. 100 



(1872) T. chinensis. 



Range. Oriental Region and Malay Archipelago, eastwards as far 

 as -Ambovna. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Under tail-coverts grey ; wing-coverts pale brown, 



unspotted chinensis, p. 439. 



b. Under tail-coverts white ; wing-coverts with dark 



brown shaft-lines tigrinus, p. 440. 



c. Under tail-coverts white or white-grey; wing- 



coverts with two reddish spots on the sides of 



the tip suratensis, p. 444 



24. Turtur chinensis. 



Tourterelle grise de la Chine, Sonn. Voy. hid. ii. p. 172, pi. 102 

 (1782). 



Chinese grey Turtle, Lath. Syn. ii. 2, p. 649, n. 42 (1783). 



Columba chinensis, Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. p. 94, n. 90 

 (1786). 



Columba risoria, var. /3, Gin. S. N. i. p. 787 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 ii. p. 608 (1790). 



Columba tigrina, part., Temm. Pig. et Gallin. i. pp. 317, 481 (1813) ; 

 Steph. Gen. Zool. xi. p. 78 (part.) (1819) ; Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. 

 p. 347 (part.) (1826) ; Wagl. Syst. Av. Columba, ap. 96 (part.) 

 (1827) ; Less. Compl. de Buff., Ois. viii. p. 51 (part.) (1837) ; id. op. 

 cit. 2nded. p. 283 (part.) (1838). 



Turtur chinensis. G. R. Gr. Gen. B. ii. p. 472, n. 9 (part.) (1844); 

 Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 875 (1845) ; id. Ann. fy Mag. N. H. xix. 

 p. 185 (1847) ; id. Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 236, n. 1844 (1849) ; 

 Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 63 (1854) ; id. Compt. Rend. xl. p. 17 (part.), p.19, 

 n. 183 (part.) (1855) . id. Coup d'ceil Ordre Pig. pp. 30, 57, n. 183 

 (part.) (1855) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 263 (note), p. 480 (1855) ; 

 Cass. Xarr. Pern/s Krped. ii. p. 244 ( 1S.1C) ; S/rinh. Ibis, lsti(j. p. 02, 

 1801, p. lit, L862, p. 201 ; Rchnb. Tauben, i. p. 72 ( 1802), ii. p. 174, 

 Novit. Suppl. t. iii. f. 20 (1802) ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 306 ; id. 

 Ibis, 1803, p. 397 (Formosa), 1865, p. 540 ; Wall. Ibis, 1805, p. 391 ; 

 id. J.f. O. 1800, p. 283; Swinh. Ibis, 1800, p. 292, 1867, p. 396, 

 1*70, 'p. 3."i0 (Hainan): (i. Ii. Gr. Hand-list ii. p. 238, n. 9316 

 (part.) (1870) : Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 397; Schlcg. Mus. P.-B. 

 Columba?, p. 127 (1873); Garr. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 250; David §■ 

 Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 386 (1877) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 726 

 (1877); Finsch, Ibis, 1880, p. 78 (Honolulu, introduced) : Edh. 

 Ibis, 1881, p. 528 ; Sclater, Ibis, 1882, p. l'!"» : Mult. J. f. 0. 1882, 

 p. 432 ; Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 453 (1883) ; Seebh. Ibis, 



