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Turtur senegalensis, Lin. 
794.—T. cambayensis, Gm.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, 
p. 478; Butler, Guzerat; Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 3; 
Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 420; Murray’s Vertebrate 
Zoology of Sind, p. 203; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India; 
Ibis, 1885, p. 130. 
Tae Litrte Brown Dove. 
Length, 10 to 10°5; expanse, 14; wing, 5; tail, 4°5. 
Bill blackish ; irides dark-brown ; legs lake-red. 
Above brown, the head and upper part of the neck pinkish- 
vinaceous ; wing-coverts, except towards the scapulars, pure light- 
grey; winglet, primaries, and their coverts dusky; the seconda- 
ries tinged with grey; tail with the middle feathers brown ; the 
others black at the base, white for nearly their terminal half; 
beneath the neck and breast pinkish-vinaceous, paling below, and 
passing to white on the belly and lower tail-coverts ; the sides of 
the neck with a patch on each side, nearly meeting at the base, 
rufous tipped ; the black hardly apparent, except when the neck is 
stretched, 
The Little Brown Dove is exceedingly common throughout the 
whole region, both on the hills and plains, It is a permanent 
resident. 
Turtur suratensis, Gi. 
795.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 479 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p.3; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, 
p- 420; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 203; Swinhoe 
and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 130. 
THE SPOTTED DoVE. 
Length, 12; expanse, 16:5; wing, 5°75; tail, 5:5. 
Bill dull leaden-black ; irides dark hazel ; legs dark purplish- 
red. 
Head pale-vinaceous, greyish on the forehead; upper parts 
generally dusky, each feather with two pale rufous-isabelline ter- 
minal spots, enlarging and spreading up each side of the feather 
upon the wing-coverts ; the blackish contracting to a central streak 
having broad pale vinaceous lateral borders; edge of the wing, 
with some of the nearest coverts, light grey ; tail with the central 
feathers brown, the outermost ones black at the base, white for 
the terminal half, and the others intermediate in their coloring ; 
lower parts pale vinaceous, more or less albescent on the throat 
and passing to white on the vent and lower tail-coverts. ; 
The Spotted Dove occurs more or less abundantly throughout, 
the district. It is a permanent resident, but appears much more 
commoner at some times than at others. 
Turtur risorius, Lz. | 
'796,—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 481; Butler, Guzerat ; 
