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jessiece, Riker. 
stenura, Bp. 
NESOPELIA, Sundev. 
galapagoensis (Gould). Eight. ¢, 92. Galapagos Islands (Indefatigable 
Island, September ; Chatham Island, June ; Charles Island, November). 
galapagoensis, subsp. exsul, Lothsch. & Hart. Nov. Zool. vi. p. 184 (1899). 
Three. 3 3. Galapagos Islands (Culpepper Island, July). 
“Differs from Nesopelia galapagoensis galapagoensis in being larger. While the wing 
of the latter varies in the male from 130-140 mm., it measures in our new 
subspecies 142-148mm. . . . Alsothefemales . . . havethe wing longer 
than females from the’southern and central islands of the group—i.e., 130-135— 
while in the latter it varies between 120-129mm._ The tail is also about 5-8 mm. 
longer in the birds from Culpepper and Wenman Islands. Iris brown, bill black, 
feet pinkish red, skin round the eye indigo-blue.” (Rothschild & Hartert). 
Habitat. Northern Galapagos Islands (Culpepper & Wenman). 
MELOPELIA, Bp. 
leucoptera (Linn.). Twelve. 4 ¢,3 9. Mexico (Matamoros, August). 
Jamaica. Central America (Panama, March, May). 
meloda (Vschudi). 
TURTURINA. 
TURTUR, Se/by. 
[a Turtur, Selby.). 
turtur (Linn.). Six. 246,39. England (Hants, Mottisfont, August). 
Canary Islands (Teneriffe, Icod, March). Algeria (Koliah Forest, May). 
Palestine (Gennesareth, April; Jericho, April). 
turtur, subsp. arenicola, Hart. Nov. Zool. i. p. 42 (1894). 
«* Among a number of bird skins from Fao, on the Persian Gulf, recently sent to the 
Tring Museum, I was surprised to find an extremely pale turtle-dove. It is 
distinguished from the English turtle-dove by a paler ashy crown, much paler and 
more sandy coloured back and rump, lighter breast and abdomen, and especially 
by the very much paler colour of the cinnamon edges to the scapulars and wing- 
coverts. With only a number of English specimens of the turtle-dove to compare 
I would have ventured to distinguish the Fao bird specifically, but after having 
compared it with the grand series in the British Museum, it became evident to 
me that I could only consider the Fao bird a paler subspecies. It seems that 
eastern specimens of 7. urtur are paler as a rule. The specimens from Fao in the 
British Museum are entirely similar to the one in the Tring Museum, but the 
differences are perhaps not so obvious as in the latter, because they are in a less 
good condition. The specimensfrom the Persian hill countries, from the Kerkhand 
River, and from Shiraz are paler than European 7’. turtur, and somewhat inter- 
mediate between 7. turtur and the Fao bird. The skin from Turkestan 
(Prjevalski) is much like the Fao bird, and but a little more vivid in colour; again, 
those from Yarkand are different from the European bird, and brighter cinnamon 
on the back, scapulars, and upper wing-coverts. 
“T name the Fao bird 2. turtur arenicola, subsp. noy., and I believe the birds from 
Yarkand might also be distinguished subspecifically. 
‘“‘The dimensions of the Type of 7. turtur arenicola in the Tring Museum are as 
follows :—Total length about 11 in.; wing, 6:45; tail, 4-4; culmen, 0°68 ; tarsus, 
0-8. English turtle-doves have the wing longer.” (Hartert). Habitat. Fao, 
Persian Gulf. 
isabellinus, Bp. Four. 2¢, 9. Egypt (Fayoom, June). Sennaar. 
Abyssinia. 
The three specimens from Sennaar and Abyssinia, were all evidently collected by 
the same person in 1839, and were obtained from Natterer through Leadbeater 
in 1840 and 1842. The specimen from Abyssinia obtained in 1840 is labelled 
“© Columba (new spec.)” ; the other two ‘‘ Columba assimilis, Natt.” which appears 
to bea MS. name. They are probably duplicates from the Vienna Museum, and 
were possibly collected by Lefebvre. 
ferrago (Eversm.). Five. ¢. Northern India (Mhow, December ; Maun- 
bhoom). Southern India (Nellore). 
