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ferrago having these parts white, while T. orientalis has them 

 of various shades of grey. Now, in Stray Feathers, 1879, 

 p. 340, I mentioned that in a series of these Doves obtained 

 in Nepal there was every possible gradation of colour in the 

 parts supposed to be diagnostic, and therefore that the differ- 

 ences alluded to were certainly not constant. It is possible, 

 however, that T. ferrago and T. orientalis may interbreed in 

 a common meeting-ground such as Nepal ; and it will perhaps 

 be more convenient to give a distinct name to the extreme 

 forms. On this view the Gilgit specimens must all be re- 

 ferred to T. ferrago. 



As to the difficulty experienced by Capt. Wardlaw- Ramsay 

 in reconciling Eversmann's description of the tail of T. fer- 

 rago with the Dove now under consideration, I think all 

 becomes plain if we suppose a • misprint of one word : for 

 '' albis '' substitute " fuscis," and the description will be 

 quite correct — thus, " rectricibus apice albis, exceptis duabus 

 mediis toihfuscis." 



190. TuRTUR ATjRiTUs, Gray. 



This species appears to be a summer visitor only, and is 

 much less common than T. ferrago ; I did not secure a spe- 

 cimen. Its occurrence in Gilgit is very interesting; it is 

 not found in any 'other portion of British India, except 

 Quetta. 



191. TuRTUR CAMBAYENSIS (Gmcl.). 



I also only obtained one specimen of this Dove in Gilgit, 

 on the 27th January; it is evidently very rare with us. 

 This species, which has been supposed to be the same as 

 T. senegalensis, differs from examples of the latter which I 

 have examined in its smaller size, less bright colours, and 

 brown rump and upper tail-coverts, which are precisely the 

 same colour as the back ; T. senegalensis has a dark grey 

 rump ; but I do not know that these differences are constant. 



192. TuRTUR suRATENsis (Gmcl.) . 



According to my observation this Dove is only found about 

 Gilgit from November to March ; I never met with it in 

 summer. 



