292 PALUMBINA. 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 3; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, 
p. 420; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 204; Swinhoe 
and Barnes, Central India; Ibis, 1885, p. 130. 
THE Common Rina Dove. 
Length, 12°5 to 13; expanse, 20; wing, 6'5; tail, 5. 
Bill blackish ; irides crimson; feet dark pink-red. 
Head delicate pale vinous-grey, more or less whitish on the 
forehead ; nape pale vinaceous ; a narrow black collar on the nape 
set off with whitish above, and slightly so below ; upper plumage 
uniform light grey-brown ; edge of the wing pure ashy; primaries 
dusky with slight whitish margins bordering their tips; middle 
tail-feathers uniform with the back above; the lateral feathers 
marked with black about the middle, passing to greyish on the 
basal half, and to white on the terminal, and these successively 
more pronounced externally ; beneath very pale vinaceous, whitish 
on the throat, passing to light-greyish towards the vent, and 
the lower tail-coverts pure ashy; wings underneath greyish- 
white. 
The Common Ring Dove occurs abundantly throughout the 
region, and is a permanent resident. 
Turtur tranquebaricus, Herm. 
797.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 482; 7. humilis, Tem., 
Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 3; Deccan, Stray 
Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 421; 7. humilis, Tem., Murray’s Verte- 
brate Zoology of Sind, p. 204; Swimhoe and Barnes, Central 
India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 131. 
THE Ruppy RinG Dove. 
Length, 9°25; expanse, 15; wing, 53; tail, 33; tarsus, 0°7; 
bill at front, 0:5. 
Bill black ; irides dark-brown; legs purplish-red. 
Male, head ashy-grey, paler towards the forehead, a black half 
eollar, well set off by whitish above; general color above fine 
vinous or brick-red; the rump and upper tail-coverts dusky- 
ash; winglet, primaries and their coverts, and the secondaries, 
blackish; tail, with the middle feathers, ash-brown, the rest 
blackish at the base, and broadly tipped with white, successively 
more broadly from the centre, and spreading up the whole exte- 
rior web of the outermost feather; beneath the chin whitish, 
rest of the lower parts pale vinous-red; vent and lower tail- 
coverts white, tinged with ashy ; wing beneath light-ashy. 
The female is a trifle smaller, and of a dull earthy-brown 
paler below. f 
The Ruddy Ring Dove is very locally distributed, but is found 
in all portions of the region with which I am dealing. Itisa 
permanent resident, building the usual frail stick nest, and lay- 
ing the inevitable two white eggs. 
