TDRTUR, 203 



LengfJi. — 15 inches, wing 9 inches, tail from vent 7'2, tarsus "87, bill 

 at front 0"75. 



This was got from among a large flock of Coliuiiha livia and inter- 

 media, feeding on a barren plain. 



Sub-Family, TUUTVUm M.-~ Bon ap. 

 Bill lengthened, slender, the base soft and tumid ; wings long ; feet 

 short ; feathers of the rump rather rigid. 



Gen. TuTtnr.—SeJhij. 



Bill slender; wings long, 2nd and 3rd quills longest; tail moderate, 

 rounded or graduated ; "tarsi scutellated in front, naked ; outer toe 

 shorter than the inner. 



Turtur senegalensis, Li7in. ; Lev. 0. A. t. 270 ; Tem. Pig. t. 

 45 ; id. Descr. Eijupt, t. 9, 3; Gray, Handlist Birds, No. 9317; Blf. 

 East, Pers. p. 270; Ilunie, Str. F. vii. 463. Turtur cambayensis, 

 Gm. ; Jerd. B. Ind. Hi. p. 478, No. 794; Murray, Ildhh., Zool., Sj'c, 

 Sind, p. 193. Columba maculicollis, Wagler. Columba ^gyptiaca, 

 Lath. — The Little Bkown Dove. 



Head, nape, lores and sides of the face pinkish vinaceous, as are also 

 the sides of the neck, throat and breast gradually shading to paler ou 

 the upper abdomen, and white or fulvous white on the lower abdomen, 

 vent and under tail-coverts ; chin white ; sides with a patch of black 

 and dark rufous feathers ; back and scapulars brown, the latter with a 

 slight rufous tinge ; primaries and their coverts dusky brown, first 

 three quills edged with fulvous white ; secondaries darker brown than 

 the primaries, slightly edged and tipped with pale grey; wing-coverts 

 pale grey, the edges of the feathers lighter ; rum,p, upper tail-coverts 

 and central tail feathers like the back, the others black at the base and 

 white for nearly their terminal half ; edge of the wing and under wing- 

 coverts dark ashy ; bill black ; irides dark brown with a white inner 

 circle ; legs lake red. 



Length. — 10 "5, wing 5, tail 4*5. 



Hah. — Nearly throughout India, Sind, Kutch, Rajputana, Deccan, 

 Coucan, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Southern India generally, Beloo- 

 chistan, Persia and Afghanistan. In Central and Western India 

 specially abundant. 



Turtur suratensis, Gm.; Tem. Pig. t. 43 ; Jerd. B. Lid. iii. 

 479, No. 795; Str. F. v. 231, 409; Gray, Handlist No. 9315; 

 Murray, Hdbk., Zool., cj-c, Sind, p .194. Turtur tigrina, Tem. — The 

 Spotted Dove, 



Forehead greyish white ; crown, nape, breast and upper abdomen 

 pale vinaceous, darker on the breast, paling on the lower abdomen and 

 flanks, and albescent on the under tail-coverts ; chin and throat white ; 

 patch on the neck black with narrow rufous tips ; back and scapulars 

 isabelline brown, or rufous bi'own, the feathers with dark shaft-stripes 

 broadening into a nearly triangular spot at the tip, on each side of 

 which, especially on the scapulars and wing-coverts, is a pale rufous or 



