292 PALUMBIN^. 



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

 p. 420 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 204 ; Swinhoe 

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



THE COMMON RING DOVE. 



Length, 12'5 to 13 ; expanse, 20 ; wing, 6*5 ; tail, 5. 



Bill blackish ; irides crimson ; feet dark pink-red. 



Head delicate pale vinous- grey, more or less whitish on the 

 forehead ; nape pale vinaceous ; a narrow black collar on the nape 

 get off with whitish above, and slightly so below ; upper plumage 

 uniform light grey-brown ; edge of the wing pure ashy ; primaries 

 dusky with slight whitish margins bordering their tips ; middle 

 tail-feathers uniform with the back above ; the lateral feathers 

 marked with black about the middle, passing to greyish on the 

 basal half, and to white on the terminal, and these successively 

 more pronounced externally ; beneath very pale vinaceous, whitish 

 on the throat, passing to light-greyish towards the vent, and 

 the lower tail-coverts pure ashy ; wings underneath greyish- 

 white. 



The Common Ring Dove occurs abundantly throughout the 

 region, and is a permanent resident. 



Turtur tranquebaricus, Serm. 



797. Jerdon's~Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 482 ; T. Jiumilis, Tern., 

 Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 3 ; Deccan, Stray 

 Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 421 ; T. humilis, Tern., Murray's Verte- 

 brate Zooloey of Sind, p. 204 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central 

 India; Ibis, 1885, p. 131. 



THE RUDDY RING DOVE. 



Length, 9'25 ; expanse, 15; wing, 5'3; tail, 3'3 ; tarsus, 07; 

 bill at front, 0'5. 



Bill black ; irides dark-brown ; legs purplish-red. 



Male, head ashy-grey, paler towards the forehead, a black half 

 collar, well set off by whitish above ; general color above fine 

 vinous or brick-red ; the rump and upper tail-coverts dusky- 

 ash ; winglet, primaries and their coverts, and the secondaries, 

 blackish ; tail, with the middle feathe-rs, ash-brown, the rest 

 blackish at the base, and broadly tipped with white, successively 

 more broadly from the centre, and spreading up the whole exte- 

 rior web of the outermost feather ; beneath the chin whitish, 

 rest of the lower parts pale vinous-red ; vent and lower tail- 

 coverts white, tinged with ashy ; wing beneath light-ashy. 



The female is a trifle smaller, and of a dull earthy-brown 

 paler below. 



The Ruddy Ring Dove is very locally distributed, but is found 

 in all portions of the region with which I am dealing. It is a 

 permanent resident, building the usual frail stick nest, and lay- 

 ing the inevitable two white eggs. 



