on Dr. Jerdon's * Birds of India.* 149 



782. Alsocomus phceniceus. 



To the same miuimum division must be assigned Columba 

 {Carpophaga !) ianthina of the * Fauna Japonica' {Aves, tab.lx. c). 



784. Palumbus casiotis, Bonap. ; Columba palumbus, Adams, 

 P. Z. S. 1859, p. 187. 



The figure of P. casiotis by Pr. Bonap. (Icon, des Pigeons, 

 pi. Iviii.) represents a much darker-coloured bird than that of 

 the North-western Himalaya. 



785 and 786. Palumbus pulchricollis and P. elphin- 



STONII. 



The Siamese Pigeon indicated by the late Sir R. H. Schom- 

 burgk (Ibis, 1864, p. 250) would seem to be an unnamed spe- 

 cies of this form. P. pulchricollis is found eastward as far as 

 Formosa (Ibis, 1866, p. 396). 



788. Columba intermedia, Strickl. ; C. oenas, Burgess, 

 P. Z. S. 1855, p. 34; a livia, Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 187. 



" In the usual localities all over the Cashmere ranges^' (Adams, 

 ut supra). Frequently seen associating with C leuconota. 



789. Columba rupestris, Pallas; Bonap. Icon. Pig. pi. 75; 

 C. livia, var., A. L. Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 187; C. leuco- 

 zonura, Swinhoe. 



"Abundant on the rocky banks of the Dras river, Ladakh. I 

 saw this bird nowhere else" (Adams). North China and Man- 

 tchuria (Swinhoe). 



790. Columba leuconota. 



" Gregarious ; common in certain sequestered mountain-valleys 

 on the northern Cashmere ranges. Seen often with C. livia [inter- 

 media'], feeding in fields in the Wurdwan Valley ; it was met with 

 in Ladakh on one occasion." (A. L. Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, 

 p. 187.) 



792. TURTUR RUPICOLA. 



The Himalayan bird resembles T. auriius except in being 

 much larger ; and it is doubtless the T. auriius from the Alpine 

 Punjab of Mr. Vigne's list (P. Z. S. 1841, p. 6). The more 

 eastern form [Columba gelastes, Temm. Faun. Japon. Aves, tab. 

 Ix. b) has the lower tail-coverts greyer. In T. meena the latter 



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