94 PERISTEKID^, 



Genus MELOPELIA, Bp. 

 Melopelia leucoptera (Linn.). 



Melopelia leucoptera, Baird, Brewer i^ Rkh/io. N. Amer. Birds, iii. 

 p. 370 (1874) ; Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 145, pi. xi. 

 lig. 23 (1892) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 392 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 77 (1899). 



Three eggs of the White-winged Dove in the Collection measure 

 respectively: 1-25 by -91; 1-27 by -85; 1-19 by -85; and are 

 moderately glossy. 



2. N. America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



1. N. America {Sfniths. Inst.). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Sub-Family TURTURIN^. 

 Genus TURTUR, Selbij. 



Turtur turtur (Linn.). 



Columba turtur, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vcig. p. 68, tah. xi. fig. 5 (184-5-54) ; 



Heicitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 275, pi. Ixvii. fig. iv (1856). 

 Turtur auritus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 67. fig. 8 (1855-63) ; italcin. 



Ibis, 1859, p. 318; Seebohm, Brit. i/«>r/s, ii.'p. 411, pi, 17 (1884) ; 



id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 159, pi. 47. fig. 2 (1896). 

 Turtur vulgaris. Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 39 (1876). 

 Turtur turtur, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. Ill ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xxi. p. 396 (1893) ; Sharpe, liand-l. i. p. 77 (1899). 



The eggs of the Turtle-Dove are moderately glossy, and measure 

 from 1"1 to 1*25 in length, and Irom -85 to '95 in breadth. 



6. Cambridgeshire F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



;}. Colefall Wood, Finchley (O. S.). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



2. Caen Wood, Hampstead (O. 6'.). Salvin-Godman Cull. 



2. Suffolk (J. H. Morse). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Valkenswaard, Holland, 12th May Seebohm Coll. 



(H. T. Wharton ^- H. Seebohm). 



2. Valkenswaard, 24th May (H. T. TV. Sf Seebohm Coll. 



H. S.). 



2. Elbouf Forest, France (Noury). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Dorpat, Baltic Provs. (Rttssoic). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Stolp, Pomerania, 16th June ( T. Hoi- Seebohm Coll. 



land?) . 



2. Stolp, 16th June (T. H). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Ain Djeudeli, Algeria, May (0. Sal- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



vin). 



5. Fao, Persian Gulf, 10th May. W. D. Gumming, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Fao, 22nd Mav. W. D. Cumming, Esq. [P.j. 



3. Jask, Gulf of Oman, April. S. Butcher, Esq. [P.]. 



