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The nest is generally placed low, i. e. under 15 feet from the ground, 

 in bamboo bushes or shrubs,'' 



Again, writing from Wau in Lower Pegu, he remarks : — " Tlie 

 nest of this bird is to be found all the year through. It is a 

 conunon bird in the plains, but becomes rather rare in the various 

 hill-tracts. The nest is built flimsily of riue twigs, so loosely put 

 together that the eggs may be seen from below. It is generally 

 placed in thick bamboo brakes at various heights, but most fre- 

 quently at from 10 to 20 feet from the ground. Eggs invariably 

 two in number. A good thick jujube-tree is ofteu chosen by this 

 bird for the purpose of nesting." 



Two eggs sent me by Mr. Oates measure 1*2 by 0-88, and 1-22 

 by 0-77. 



jNIr. Davison notes from Tenasserim : — " I found a nest of this 

 Dove on the 21st January, 1875, at Pakchau ; it was the usual 

 Dove's nest, a platform of a few dry twigs placed in the middle of 

 a thorny bush, about four feet from the ground. The bush grew 

 on the very outskirts of some secondary jungle, and only a very 

 short distance from a large extent of paddy flats." 



The eggs obtained at Pakchau, Southern Tenasserim, by Mr. 

 Davison measure 1-13 by 0-78 and 1-12 by 0-76. 



Major C. T. Bingham, also writing from Tenasserim, says : — 

 " On the 19th April I found a nest of the above species of Dove, 

 shooting the female. The nest contained one fresh egg, and a 

 second ready for expulsion I found in the bird. The nest was 

 placed on a bamboo growing horizontally over a stream near the 

 village of Hpamee in the Meplay District, and was of the usual 

 careless Dove type." 



Mr. J. Darling, Junior, notes : — " 15th March. A nest of Turtiir 

 tujrinus, containing two eggs a little set. It was built entirely of 

 twigs. Those comprising the foundation about as thick as a crow- 

 quill, and those on which, the eggs rested about half as thick. 



" It was merely a platform about G inches in diameter, with 

 scarcely any central depression, and was built in a broad-leaved 

 low tree (the nest resting on one of the leaves), 3 feet from the 

 ground. This nest was taken on a range of hills east of Tavoy, 

 Burma, at an elevation of about 800 feet."' 



The eggs are moderately elongated ovals, sometimes rather 

 cylindi'ical, sometimes i-ather pointed at one end, with occasional 

 still further abnormal deviations from the type. The shell is very 

 fine, and has a fair amount of gloss. In colour they are of course 

 white and spotless ; generally the white is quite pure, but at times 

 an egg is met with exhibiting an extremely faint ivory or creamy 

 tinge. 



Turtur risorius (Linn.). The Indian Mng-Dove. 



Turtor risoria (Linn.), Jerd. B. Ind. ii, p. 481 : Hume, Rough Draft 

 N.S,- E.i\o.7\)Q, 



The Indian Ring-Dove breeds throughout the plains of India, 



