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like imperial pigeons ; and may be seen feeding in the evening in 

 paddy-fields after the crops have been cleared. Its whole upper 

 plumage is a rich chestnut with a metallic gloss, its head greyish 

 white, rump slaty-grey. Length about 16 inches. The female is 

 slightly smaller and duller in the colour. It builds the usual type of 

 nest and lays a single white egg. 



F. Doves. 

 THE RUFOUS TURTLE DOVE. 



The Doves differ from the Pigeons in having smaller heads and 

 longer tails. This bird is found in all the better wooded parts of 

 Uppper Burma and the Shan States. It is bigger than the next 

 species, which is such a familiar bird round our houses and compounds; 

 it also has a deeper note which reminds one of the English wood 

 pigeons' cooing. Its head, neck and back are a rich reddish-brown, 

 the head having a greyish tinge, a patch of black feathers tipped 

 with grey on each side of its neck forming a sort of collar, lower 

 back dark grey, under parts reddish. Length about 13 inches. It 

 builds the usual type of nest and lays two white eggs, breeding 

 nearly the whole year round. 



Burmese name for all Doves 

 (No. 1304. Turter orientalis.) 



THE MALAY SPOTTED DOVE 



This is the common dove of Burma, found over the whole Province^ 

 and is very partial to cultivation and human habitations. Head.grey, 

 sides of the neck black, each feather with two white spots, back 

 brown, each feather being darker in the centre, throat whitish under 

 parts with a reddish tinge. Length about 12 inches. Breeds through- 

 out the yeir, and often may be found nesting in the verandahs of 

 Bungalows in Upper Burma, and if not persecuted becomes very tame. 

 It is, however, very pugnacious with members of its own species and 

 a pair may often be seen fighting and using their beaks and wings very 

 effectively in making the feathers fly. 



Burmese nameGyo-le-byauk. 

 (No. 1308. T. tigrinus.) 



THE BURMESE RING DOVE 



Is the big grey dove which is so common in the jungles of the dry- 

 zone of Upper Burma. Head and neck grey, a black collar with a 

 narrow white border above and below, back and upper parts greyish- 

 brown ; lower parts light grey. It is a larger and heavier bird than 

 the common species, being about 123 inches in length and with a 

 shorter tail. Its notes are deeper, and it has, as it flies, an almost 

 hawk-like call quite different to its ordinary note.-. This bird differs 



