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flers, breast and belly being richer vinaceous ; in the back and 

 vump being ash, and vcnt and under tail-coverts in the female 

 light cinereous ; in the four upper tail-feathers in the female 

 being red brovvn without white tips ; in the upper tail-coverts 

 being tipped with faint chestnut ; in the forehead and chin not 

 being dull vvbite ; in orange ir/des instead of yellow ; and finally 

 in its greater size. Gregarious, found only in the vvoods of the 

 Ghauts. \Vebs of 2nd and 3rd qui!ls narrovved as in the Ptili- 

 nopus. 



140. Columba tigruia, Temm., Pig. PI. 43. Sttrat Turtle. 

 M.Temminck's figure does notsufficientlydcvelope thcdove coloured 



or ochrey tips to the feaihers of the back and vving-coverts, and 

 the tips of the centre feathers of the tail are coloured reddish 

 instead of being vvhite. A remarkable fcature in this bird is un- 

 noticed in the description of it, namely, the elongated and 

 subulated tail ; unlike the lašt or most other species of Dove, in- 

 stead of widening tovvards the tip, it is widest at the base when 

 closed, and gradually narrovvs to the extremity ; in fact, each 

 feather is subulate. Irides lake colour or pinkish red. Sexe.s 

 e.\actly alike. Found on the skirts of the woods in the Ghauts. 

 Length, inclusive of tail, 12 inches : tail 5 inches. 



141. Columba humilis, Temm., PI. Col. 258 et 259. Colombe ferrestre. 

 M. Temminck says that this bird " vit habitucUement a terre," 



but from long observation Colonel Sykes can testify that this 

 supposed habit is no more characteristic of this species than of any 

 other Dove in his possession. Gregarious ; not an inhahitant of 

 the vvoods, but affecting mangoe-tree groves in the neighboiir- 

 hood of cultivation. Length, inclusive of tail, 9 ,V inches : 

 tail 3tV Tail, as in the lašt species, narrovver at ihe extremity 

 than at the base when closed. 



1 42. Columba risoria, Linn. La Tourterelle a collier du Senegal, Buff., 

 Ois. 2, 550 & 553. pi. 26. PI. Enl. 161 & 244. Le Vaill., Ois. 

 d'Afr. 6. pi. 268. 



Length, inclusive of tail, iS.V inches: tail 5 inches. Grega- 

 rious, and common in the open country. Sexes alike. In spite 

 of the proverbial gentleness of the Dove, Colonel Sykes has 

 seen these birds fighting wilh the most inveterate hostility ; 

 seizing each other by the bill and roUing upon the ground to- 

 gether. Outer webs of 2nd, 3rd and 4th quill- feathers hollovved. 



143. Columba Cumbayensis, Lath., Ind. Orn. 2. sp. 56. Temm., Pig. 

 PI. 45. 



Colonel Sykes's bird is identical vvith the species figured in M. 

 Temminck 's plate, but it does not correspond with the descrip- 

 tion of the Col. Cambaijeusis of Sha\v, vol. 1 1 . p. 79. This 

 species is distinguished from all other Doves with vvhich Colonel 

 Sykes has met, by the square red spots on the black patches on 

 the side of the neck. Sexes alike. Freąnents gardens and stable- 

 yards. Length, inclusive of tail, 1 1 ,V inches : tail 5-,'n- inches. 



144. Columba CEnas, Ij'mn. Stor/c Pigeon. P«ru)a of the Mahrattas. 

 The most common bird in the Dukhun, eongregating in flocks of 



