234 Capt. L. II. Iiby on Birds 



99. TURTUR RISORIUS. 



Common throughout the year in Oudh, and was equally nu- 

 merous in the valleys of Kumaon in April, May, and June 1859. 



100. TURTUR SURATENSIS. 



Abundant throughout the year. A pair nested in my garden 

 at Seetapore in May 1860. The nest and eggs reseu)bled those 

 of our British T. auritus, only, of eoursc, being diminished in 

 size. This species of Turtle Dove and the next are equally 

 numerous in villages and wild unfrequented jungle; but T, 

 risorius and T. orientalis are much less famiUar birds, never 

 entering villages, and are much wilder. 



101. T. SENEGALENSIS. 



This beautiful little Dove is exceedingly common throughout 

 the year. 



102. T. ORIENTALIS. 



Common during the cold season. 



103. Pavo cristatus. (Pea-fowl.) 



Found in numbers wherever there is any woody jungle : breeds 

 during the rainy season. The male bird begins to lose his train 

 in September, and does not fully regain it till March or April. 

 The Pea-fowl remains during the heat of the day in the depths 

 of the jungle, and goes to the fields at the edges to feed morning 

 and evening : the cock bird in the breeding-time may be heard 

 calling throughout the night. The number of Pea-fowl in the 

 Terai jungles near Khyreegur is wonderful ; they are much tamer 

 there than in any other part of Oudh. The young are very 

 difficult to rear — at least I could not succeed ; they lived for six 

 months, but then pined ofi". I saw some splendidly-coloured 

 hybrids in Calcutta between this bird and the Malayan Pea-fowl, 

 P. muticus. 



101. Ceriornis satyra. (Loonghee.) 



Found in Kumaon, on the lofty hills near the snows. 



105. Gallus ferrugineus. (Jungle- fowl.) 

 Common in the Terai jungles; not observed in Central or 

 Western Oudh. 



