290 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 



brown; with these exceptions the whole plumage is vinaceous ruddy,, 

 approaching to chestnut on the back and wings, and most of the plumage 

 overlaid with a metallic gloss, especially strong on the neck. 



The female is of a duller colour, but does not otherwise differ. 



Legs and feet pale purplish or lake-pink ; horny portion of bill bluish 

 white ; rest of bill and gape lake-pink ; irides deep orange or pale yellow ; 

 eyelids bright red ; orbital skin purplish pink. (Davison.) 



Length 15 inches, wing 8*5, tail 6, tarsus 1, bill from gape I'l. The 

 female is of about the same size. 



Mr. Blyth records this Wood-Pigeon from Arrakan ; and Dr. Jerdon 

 gives it from Ramree. I found it sparingly distributed over many parts 

 of Pegu, more abundant perhaps near Kyeikpadein than elsewhere ; and 

 Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay procured it at Tonghoo. Mr. Davison observed 

 it in Tenasserim nearly down to Mergui, and Capt. Bingham in the Thoung- 

 yeen valley. 



It occurs in some parts of India and in Ceylon ; and it will probably be 

 found in the Indo-Burmese countries. Mr. Hume notes it from Tonka in 

 the Malay peninsula ; and this appears to be the southernmost point from 

 which it has been recorded. 



This fine Pigeon is met with in well-wooded parts of the country, and it 

 feeds on fruits. I found the nest at Kyeikpadein in July, a small structure 

 composed of fine twigs, and placed on a branch of a bamboo bush at no 

 great height from the ground. This Pigeon apparently lays but one egg, 

 which, like those of all Pigeons and Doves, is glossy white. 



Subfamily TURTURIN^E. 



Genus TURTUR, Selby. 



651. TURTUR TIGRINUS. 



THE MALAY SPOTTED DOVE. 



Columba tigrina, Temm. 8? Knip, Pig. i. p. 94, pi. xliii. Turtur tigrina, Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs, p. 506; id. S. F. i. p. 461, iii. p. 164; Bl. B. Burm. p. 145; 

 Armstrong, S. F. iv. p. 337 ; Oates, S. F. v. p. 164 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped. p. 665 ; 

 Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 422; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 110; Bingham, S. F. ix! 

 p, 194; Oates, S. F. x. p, 235. Spilopelia tigrina, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 296. 



Description. Male and female. Forehead and cheeks grey ; a dark spot 

 in front of the eye ; crown, nape and lower plumage vinaceous, paling on 

 the chin, vent and under tail-coverts ; hind neck and sides of the neck 



