516 ' COLUMBID/E. 



throat albescent ; breast and upper abdomen, also the sides of the neck and 

 breast pale vinaceous ; flanks, lower abdomen, vent, thighs and under tail 

 coverts ashy grey, the latter with whitish tips ; tail with the central feathers 

 like the back ; outermost feathers on each side narrowly margined with greyish 

 white on their outer web, with a broad black band about the middle, greyish 

 at base, and broadly terminated with white, which on the others increase in 

 extent. Bill black; irides crimson ; orbital skin whitish ; legs pinkish. 



Length. 12 to 13 inches ; wing 6-5 ; tail 5 ; bill at front o'Si. 



Hab. 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. 



1174. Tlirtur humiliS (Ternm?), Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 482; Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 507; id., Str. F. ii. p. 269; iii. p 165; iv. 

 p. 292 ; Armstrong, Str. F. iv. p. 338 ; Wald., Trans. ZooL Soc. ix. p. 219 ; 

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

 Hume, Str. F. viii. p. I IO ; Oates, Str. F. x p. 235 ; id., B. Br. Burm. ii. 

 p. 294 ; Murray, Hdbk., ZooL, fyc., Sind, p. 194 ; id., Vert. ZooL, Sind, p. 204. 

 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. 



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

 slightly 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 margin of the primaries, as also the margins and tips of the secondaries, 

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

 edge 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 575 ; tail 3 to 3-25. The female is duller 

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



Hab. 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. 



