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many Eiu-opeans in India who thus interpret its call, and from its 

 coming at the onset of the hot weather. 



213. Coccystes COromanduS.— Tail feathers, except uropy- 

 gials and under tail coverts (which are black), are margined whitish at 

 the tips. Two males in May measure in length 15*3, wings 6 4 and 6"5. 



214. Eudynamys honorata.— Irides bright crimson in 

 both sexes. Barring of tail in male almost imperceptible. 



215. Rhopodytes tristis.— Bill unripe apple-green and 

 orbital skin dull crimson. 



217. CentrocOCCyx rufipennis.— Tail feathers margined 

 with whitish at their tips. 



218. C bengalen sis.— Tail feathers margined with rufous at 

 then- tips. Young in January, with bill fleshy-livid and culmen dark 

 brown. Irides pale grey. 



[For the intervening numbers comprising the rest of the Passeres, 

 see the appended second series numbered according to Oates' new 

 work on the Bmls of India. ^ 



776. Osmotreron phayrei.— This pretty pigeon seems very 

 rare. Bill pale bluish-horny. Forehead and crown pale slate. Green 

 of plumage dullish, lighter on chin and throat. Dusky orange buff 

 patch on breast forming a semi-collar. Central tail feathers entirely 

 olive-green. The tijDS of the lower tail feathers almost pure white. 

 Length of males 10-7 to 10-3. 



783. AlsocomuS hodgSOnii.— Only found in upper regions 

 near the limits of forests. Is not common. Was not seen by Blanford. 



785. Palumbus pulchricollis.— The isababelline-tipped 

 feathers form a demi-collar and mantle. 



790. Columba leuCOnota.—Only in upper regions. These 

 formed for a time Hooker's sole animal food — Himal. Jours. II, page 72. 



791. Macropygia tUSalia.— Irides pale rosy-pink, legs and 

 feet dull crimson-lake, claws greenish-horny. None of my four adult 

 females have the crown barred — this barring is only found on one 

 young male and one young female of December. The females are 

 not more conspicuously barred than the males on the under-surface ; 

 but a one-year old female from Labah 7,000 in June, is finely barred 

 all over under-surface from chin to under tail coverts, which latter have 

 the superficial feathers also barred. 



793. Turtur meena.— All of ray specimens (6) are typical 

 T. mecna and cannot be classed as T. rupicolus. In none is the neck- 

 spot black, nor has the tail a white tip, nor the under tail coverts any 

 white — these are in all an almost uniform shade of dull ashy-grey. 



795. T. SUratensis. — Irides fleshy-purple like the orbital 

 skin. 



803 quat. Polyplectrum tibetanum.— Two males in 



April, length 25-0— 26-2, tail U-2— U-5, wing 8-6— 8-8. These difl'er 

 from Hume's plate in the Game Birds of India, &c., vol. I, page 105, in. 



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