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brown with darker centres ; wing coverts brown with broad 

 edges of paler brown ; lower back and rump dark blackish brown ; 

 throat and fore neck and breast vinous pink ; the belly white ; 

 tail feathers tipped with white and the outer pair with a white 

 outer web. 



Female similar but rather duller in coloration. The young 

 in first plumage are dull brown above with huffish tips to some 

 of the feathers ; there are no neck patches, and the under parts 

 are a brownish grey. 



326. Eastern Turtle Dove. Turtur turtur arenicola Hartert. 



Common during the spring and autumn migrations and 

 occurs together with the preceding. 



Similar to the turtle dove, but the upper parts are paler, 

 and this is especially noticeable on the wing coverts. The 

 brown rump has some blue feathers intermingled. 



327. Isabelline Turtle Dove. Turtur turtur isahellina Bona- 



parte. 



Turtur sharpii. Shelley, p. 215. 



This is the only form of Turtur turtur which to my certain 

 knowledge breeds in Egypt. Shelley states that the turtle dove 

 " frequently breeds in the country," but he gives no records or 

 details. The Isabelline turtle dove nests in parts of the northern 

 Delta, such as along the banks of the Bahr el Baaga and possibly 

 on the Rosetta branch of the Nile, and probably also in the 

 Faiyum (Gurney, " Rambles of a Naturalist," p. 179). 



In 1918 a wild pair nested in the Zoological Gardens in 

 Giza. 



Similar to the aforementioned, but has the head and neck 

 brown and not bluish ; the chest is more vinaceous and the 

 upper parts of a richer sandy brown ; the wing is also somewhat 

 shorter. 



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328. Egyptian Palm Dove. Turtur senegalensis cegyptiacus 



(Latham). 



Turtur senegalensis. Shelley, p. 217. 



Abundant and resident in most parts of Egypt from the 

 Mediterranean southward. 



Length about 15 inches. Head, neck, and breast vinous, 

 a blackish collar of bifurcated feathers on the sides of neck 



