1M8 Join:, Horn. Nat. Ui.<t. Soc, I'nl. XXIIIl, No. 4. [Dec. 20, 19-^2. 



1729. (l;)0(i) Alsocomus torringtonii. The Ceylon Wood- 



Pi geon . 



I'alnmbu> torriuiitonii Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av.. u. 

 p. 4L' (l8o-l), (Ceylon). 

 Ceylon only. 



1730. (130I) Alsocomus pulchricollis. The Ashy ll'ood^- 



Vigeon. 



Colnmba pulchricollis Hodgs. in Gray's Zool Misc., 

 2). 8") (1844), (Nepal). 



Eastern Himalayas from Nepal to Shan States. 



i73». (l;^'02) Alsocomus puniceus. The Purple Wood-Pigeon. 



Alsocomus piuiiccus Tick., BIyth, J. A. S. B., xi., 

 ^ p. 461 (1842), (Chyehassa). 



N. E. India to Burma, Shan States, Yunnan, 

 Cochin China, Siam to Malay Pen. 



1732. (i;jO;i) Alsocomus palumboides. The Andamanese 



Wood-Pigeon . 



Carpophaga palumboides Hume, S.. F. i., j). oU2 

 (1873), (Andamans). 



Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 



*«733- (ly^*!) Slreptopelia turtur turtur. The Turtle -Dove. 



Columba tur^.nr Linn., S. N., ?., p. 164 (1758), 

 (England, WiUoiighby). 



r" One specimen from Quetta. 



•73 4- (loOr;) Streptopelia turtur arenicola. The Persiaiv 

 Tiuile-Dove. 



Turtur turtur arenicola Harterf. Nov. Zool., 1894, 

 p. 42 (Persia). 



Straggler into N. W. India. 



1735. (loi»4) Streptopelia orientalis orientalis. The Pufous 

 Turtle-Dove. 



Columba orientalis Lath.. Ind. Orn.. ii.. p. 606 

 (1790), (China). 



E. Siberia, China, Japan tf Tibet, Nepal and 

 Sikkim. 



>73<i- {I;)or>) streptopelia orientalis meena. The hidicm 

 Rufous Turtle-Dove. 



Columba meena Syhes, P. Z. S., 1832, p. 149 

 (Deccayi'^. 



Breeding Himalayas and Central Asia. "Winter 

 almost all India. Ceylon. 



* Hartert has dealt fully with this genua both in his Vog. Pal. xi., p. 1483 

 (1920) and in Nov. Zool. 



