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Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind.\\. p. 515, No. 1172. Columba tigrina, Temm., 

 Knip. Pig. I. p. 94, pi. xliii. Spilopelia tigrina, Salvad., Ucc. Born. 

 p. 296. — The Malayan Spotted Dove. 



Forehead and cheeks grey, crown, nape, breast and upper abdomen vina- 

 ceous, paling on the chin, vent and under tail coverts ; patch on the neck and 

 hind neck black, each feather with two white spots at the tip ; back, scapulars, 

 wing coverts and rump brown, each feather blackish along the shaft and 

 tipped on both webs with lighter brown ; outermost wing coverts pure grey on 

 the outer webs ; quills dark brown, some of the tertiaries with blackish shaft 

 streaks and tipped paler ; tail brown, the outer feathers broadly tipped 

 with white, the white decreasing in extent on each inner feather on each side 

 till it disappears on the fifth or central pair of feathers, which are dark 

 brown ; bill bluish black ; irides reddish. 



Length. — 12-4 inches; tail 6 ; wdng 5*5 ; tarsus i ; bill from gape 0'9. 



Hab. — The whole province of British Burmah, extending northwards 

 through the Indo-Burmese Countries to Cachar and eastwards to Cochin- 

 China. Ranges down the IMalay Peninsula to Sumatra, Java, Borneo and 

 Celebes. Breeds from August to March in low trees and bushes, laying two 

 eggs. 



49. Turtlir risoriUS {Linn), Jerd., B. hid. \\. p. 48 1; Hume, 



Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 506 ; id., Str. F. iii. p, 165 ; Wald. in Blyth's B. 

 Burm. p. 146 ; Dresser, B, Eur. vii. p. 51 ; Dav. et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 387 ; 

 Cripps, Str. F. vii. p. 297 ; Legge, B. Ceylon p. 702 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. 

 p. no; Oates, Str. F. x. p. 235 ; Dates, B. Br. Burmah ii. p 293 ; Blan/., 

 East Pers. p. 27O ; Murray, Hdbk. Zool. ^r., Sind, p. 194 ; /(/., Vert. ZooL, 

 Sind,^. 204; Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p 515, No, 1 173. Columba 

 risoria, Lijin., Syt. Nat. i. p. 285. — The Indian Ring Dove. 



Head pale greyish brown, with a vinous tinge ; the forehead albescent ; 

 nape and neck pale vinaceous ; collar black, a narrow line of white before 

 and behind it ; back, scapulars and innermost tertiaries grey brown, as also 

 are the rump and upper tail coverts ; primaries and their coverts dusky 

 brown; the primaries margined narrowly with whitish, and their coverts 

 tinged with greyish ; edge of the wing, lower series of the median coverts and 

 greater series also pale grey ; under wing coverts greyish white ; chin and 

 throat albescent ; breast and upper abdomen, also the sides of the neck and 

 breast pale vinaceous ; flanks, lower abdomen, vent, thighs and under tail 

 coverts ashy grey, the latter with whitish tips ; tail with the central feathers 

 like the back ; outermost feathers on each side narrowly margined with greyish 

 white on their outer web, with a broad black band about the middle, greyish 

 at base, and broadly terminated with white, which on the others increase in 

 extent. Bill black; irides crimson ; orbital skin whitish ; legs pinkish. 



Length,.— 12 to 13 inches ; wing 6-5 ; tail 5 ; bill at front 0*8 1. 



