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having no white band on its lower back. The whole plumage is 

 more or less a slaty blue ivith a metallic gloss, lower back and rump 

 grey. 



Whethsr this is an indigenous wild bird or only descended from 

 domesticated birds which hav; gone wild, would be hard to say, as it 

 is often to be seen consorting with unmistakeable domestic birds. 

 Found along cliffs and haunting old pagodas and ruins in the dry zone. 



Burmese name — Hko. 



(No. 1292. Columba intermedia). 



E. — Wood Pigeons. 



Differ from the Imperial Pigeon, in having 12 tail feathers, and feet 

 suitable tor progression on the ground, there are three kinds : — 



THE SPECKLED WOOD PIQEON. 



A rare bird, found in the Himalayas, and so far only recorded from 

 the Shan States and the hills in the Myitkyina district ; but might 

 possibly be met with on the other mountain ranges. 



Male — Head and neck ashy-grey, body a ruddy brown, the feathers 

 of the neck and back speckled with red and white, lower back grey ; 

 tail blackish, breast claret-coloured changing to grey on the lower 

 parts. Length about 15 inches. 



Female — Head brownish and back and breast duller. Nothing is 

 known of its nesting habits. 



(No. 1297. Dendrotreron hodgsoni.') 



THE ASHY WOOD PIGEON. 



Another rare Himalayan bird, which has been recorded from the 

 Shan States. As it again appears in Formosa, it should be found on 

 some of the higher ranges in Burma. Its general colour is dark o-rey; 

 head ashy, a collar of black and buff feathers with whitish tips, the 

 lower neck and upper back blackish, with a metallic glos.c., the 

 middle of back, wings, and tail brownish black, lower back with a 

 grey tinge, chin and throat white, becoming buff on the collar; 

 breast slate-coloured with metallic gloss, under parts buff. Length 

 about 14 inches. Builds the usual type of nest and lays a single 

 white egg. 



(No. 1301. Alsocomus pulchricollis.) 



THE PUilPLE WOOD PIGEON. 



Well distributed over Burma, but very local. 1 have shot it both 

 in the Myitkyina district and near Rangoon where it is very fairly 

 plentiful, It generally goes about singly or in pairs, and not in flocks 



