PALUMBINJE. 291 



Turtur senegalensis, Lin. 



794. T. cambayensis, Gm.- Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, 

 p. 478; Batter, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 3; 

 Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 420 ; Murray's Vertebrate 

 Zoology of Sind, p. 203; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India; 

 Ibis, 1885, p. 130. 



THE LITTLE BROWN DOVE. 



Length, 10 to 10'5 ; expanse, 14 ; wing, 5 ; tail, 4'5. 



Bill blackish ; irides dark-brown ; legs lake-red. 



Above brown, the head and upper part of the neck pinkish- 

 vinaceous ; wing-coverts, except towards the scapulars, pure light- 

 grey ; winglet, primaries, and their coverts dusky ; the seconda- 

 ries tinged with grey ; tail with the middle feathers brown ; the 

 others black at the base, white for nearly their terminal half ; 

 beneath the neck and breast pinkish-vinaceous, paling below, and 

 passing to white on the belly and lower tail-coverts ; the sides of 

 the neck with a patch on each side, nearly meeting at the base, 

 rufous tipped ; the black hardly apparent, except when the neck is 

 stretched. 



The Little Brown Dove is exceedingly common throughout the 

 whole region, both on the hills and plains. It is a permanent <. 



resident. 



Gm. 



795. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 479 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 1*7 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p 3 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, / 

 p. 420 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 203 ; Swinhoe 

 and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 130. 



THE SPOTTED DOVE. 



Length, 12; expanse, 16 5 ; wing, 575 ; tail, 5'5. 



Bill dull leaden-black ; irides dark hazel ; legs dark purplish- 

 red. 



Head pale-vinaceous, greyish on the forehead; upper parts 

 g 3tierally dusky, each feather with two pale rufou^-isa-hel line ter-, 

 minal spots, enlarging and spreading up each side of the feather 

 upoiTthe wing-coverts ; the blackish contracting to a central streak ' 

 having broad pale vinaceous lateral borders ; edge of the wing, 

 with some of the nearest coverts, light grey ; tail with the central 

 feathers brpwn, the outermost ones black at the base, white for 

 the terminal half, and the others intermediate in their coloring; 

 lower parts pale vinaceous, more or less albescent on the throat 

 and passing to white on the vent and lower tail-coverts. 



The Spotted Dove occurs more or less abundantly throughout 

 the district. It is a permanent resident, but appears much more 

 commoner at some times than at others. 



Turtur risorius, Lin. 



796. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 481 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 



