25 GOURID.^. 



iy^^.— India generally, and Ceylon, except the more moist regions, as the 

 Malabar Coast ; abundant in Sind, Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, 

 Rajputana, Kutch, Guzerat, Concan, Deccan, Central and South India, also 

 Beloochistan and Southern Afghanistan. Rare in Burmah. Breeds through- 

 out the year. 



50. Turtur humiliS {Temni?j, Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 482; Hume, 

 Nesls and Eggs hid. B. p. 507; id., Sir. F. ii. p. 269; iii. p 165; iv. 

 p. 292 ; Armstrong, Sir. F. iv. p. 338 ; Wald., Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 219 ; 

 David et. Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 388; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 423; 

 Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. IIO; Oales, Sir. F. x. p. 235 ; id., B. Br. Burm. ii. 

 p. 294 ; Murray, Hdbk., Zool., ^c, Sind, p. 194 ; id.. Vert. Zool, Sind, p. 204; 

 Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 516, No. 11 74. Turtur tranquebaricus, Herm., 

 Obs. Zool. p. 200 ; Bly., B. Burm. p. 145. Turtur humilior, Proc. As. 

 Soc. Beng. 1874, p. 241, ■ id., Sir. F. iii. p 279, — The Red Turtle Dove. 



Jlfale. — Head and nape ashy grey, also the lores and sides of the face, 

 slio-htly paler on the forehead ; collar black, set off by whitish before and 

 behind it ; back, scapulars and wing coverts brick red, slightly paler behind 

 the black collar ; chin whitish ; throat, breast and entire lower surface pale 

 vinous red, white on the vent and lower tail coverts ; rump and upper tail 

 coverts deep slaty; primaries, their coverts and secondaries dusky brown; 

 the maro^in of the primaries, as also the margins and tips of the secondaries, 

 whitish ; primary coverts slightly tinged with vinous red on their outer webs ; 

 edo'e of the wing greyish, some of the dark bases of the median coverts 

 showing through ; tail with the middle feathers ashy brown, the others greyish 

 black at the base, and broadly tipped with white ; outermost feathers on each 

 side white on the exterior web ; bill black ; irides dark brown ; legs purplish red. 

 Length.— 9 inches ; wing 5-5 to S'7S ; tail 3 to 3-25. The /ef?iale is duller 

 in colour on the back, being more of an earthy brown and much paler below. 

 j/ab. — The drier regions in India, to Ceylon and the foot of the 

 Himalayas. Common in the Punjab, N,-W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Rajpu- 

 tana, Kutch, Guzerat, Concan and Deccan, but less so in Sind. Occurs also 

 in Assam and Northern Burmah. In Sind it affects the northern districts 

 chiefly seldom seen below Sukkur. It is not known from S. Afghanistan, 

 where T. senegalensis replaces it. 



Family, GOURIDiE.— Ground-Doves. 



Wings moderate ; tarsus longer than in the Turlurince, as are also all the 

 toes ; wings shorter and less pointed. The Indian representatives of the 

 family belong to the PhapidincB and Calaiiince. 



Sub-Family. PHAPIDIN^. 



General characters as of the family; tarsus not feathered ; tail of 12, 14 or 

 16 feathers. 



