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and tertiaries rich chestnut, the feathers edged with glossy 
green and amethyst, the green predominating on the shoulders 
and the amethyst on the inter-scapulars and back ; rump and 
upper tail coverts dark slaty-gray, almost black, and edged 
with amethyst ; wing quills and tail blackish-brown ; lower 
plumage, including wing lining, pale vinous-chestnut ; under 
tail coverts rather paler than the tail. 
Bill, the horny tip bluish-white, basal portion lake-pink ; 
iris orange ; legs and feet purple-red. 
Length 16 ; wing 8°75 ; tail 6 ; tarsus *9 ; bill from gape 1-1. 
Distribution —A specimen, probably a chance straggler, was 
once obtained by Layard in Ceylon. The species is unknown 
in Southern India, its range extending from the forests of 
Eastern Bengal through Burma to Cochin-China and Malaya. 
Habits—tIn India this Pigeon is found in forests near 
cultivation. It feeds both on fruit and on grain. Natives 
informed Layard that it visited Ceylon when the cinnamon 
fruit was ripe, and Legge thought he once saw a flock in the 
cinnamon near Borella. No specimens are likely to be found 
breeding. 
TURTUR FERRAGO (Blanford, Vol. IV., p. 412). 
TURTUR PULCHRATUS (Legge, p. 711). 
The Indian Turtle Dove. 
Description —Head, neck, and back brown with a vinous 
tinge, the margins of the feathers shading into a dull rusty 
colour, and the forehead and crown often with a blue-gray 
bloom. On each side of the neck is a patch of black feathers 
tipped with blue-gray ; the scapulars, the greater part of the 
wing coverts, and the tertiaries are slaty-black with broad 
rufous-brown borders. The outer wing coverts are bluish- 
gray, lightest at the tips ; wing quills brown with a pale line 
on the outer border; lower back and rump bluish-gray ; 
upper tail coverts slaty-brown with pale margins. The tail 
is blackish-brown ; all the feathers, except the middle pair, 
have pale gray tips, the tip and outer web of the outermost 
feathers being almost white. 
