94 PERISTERID^. 



Genus MELOPELIA, Bp. 

 Melopelia leucoptera (Linn.}. 



Melopelia leucoptera, Baird, Breiver 8f Ridyw. N. Amer. Birds] iii. 

 p. 376 (1874) ; Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 145, pi. xi. 

 tig. 23 (1892) ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 392 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 77 (1899). 



Three eggs of the White-winged Dove in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 1-25 by -91 ; T27 by -85 ; 1-19 by -85 ; and are 

 moderately glossy. 



2. N. America (Henshaw Coll.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. N. America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sub-Family TORTURING. 

 Genus TURTUR, Selby. 



Turtur turtur (Linn.). 



Columba turtur, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 58, tab. xi. fig. 5 (1845-54) ; 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 275, pi. Ixvii. fig. iv (1856). 



Turtur auritus, Baedeker, EierEur. Vog. tab. 67. fig. 8 (1855-63) ; Saldn, 

 Ibis, 1859, p. 318; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii.'p. 41 

 id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 159, pi. 47. fig. 2 (1896). 



Ibis, 1859, p. 318; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii.'p. 411, pi. 17 (1884) ; 



Eggs of Br 

 Turtur vulgaris, Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 39 (1876). 



Turtur turtur, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. Ill ; Salvadori, Cat'. Birds B. M. 

 xxi. p. 396 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 77 (1899). 



The eggs of the Turtle-Dove are moderately glossy, and measure 

 from 1*1 to 1-25 in length, and from -85 to -95 in breadth. 



6. Cambridgeshire F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



;}. Colefall Wood, Finchley (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Caen Wood, Hampstead (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Suffolk (J. H. Morse). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Valkenswaard, Holland, 12th May Seebohm Coll. 



(H. T. Wharton $ H. Seebohm). 



2. Valkenswaard, 24th May (H. T. W. % Seebohm Coll. 



H. S.). 



2. Elbouf Forest, France (Noury). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Dorpat, Baltic Provs. (Russow). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Stolp, Pomerania, 16th June (T. Hoi- Seebohm Coll. 



land). 



2. Stolp, 16th June (T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Ain Djendeli, Algeria, May (0. Sal- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



vin). 



5. Fao, Persian Gulf, 16th May. W. D. Gumming, Esq. [P.]- 



Fao, 22nd May. W. D. Gumming, Esq. [P.J. 



Jasji, Gulf of Oman ; April. S. Butcher, Esq. [P.]. 



