COLUMBA 643 



Koek-Koeptcri, Tekke ; Kiigan, Turki ; Kamar-Kular, Hindu. 



$ ad. (India). Differs from C. cenas in being smaller and paler ; head 

 tinged with vinaceous ; rump whitish grey, nearly white ; tail with the 

 grey band nearly obsolete ; the metallic feathers on the neck glossed with 

 coppery chestnut ; legs and feet yellowish fleshy ; bill pale yellowish green, 

 base of lower mandible and gape slaty; iris dark yellow. Culmen 0*75, 

 wing 7 '75, tail 4 "5, tarsus 1*0 inch. Female similar but a little smaller. 



Hob. Transcaspia ; Afghanistan ; Turkestan ; South-western 

 Siberia ; North-west India in winter. 



In general habits this species does not differ from C. cenas. 

 It nests in hollow trees and holes in the ground ; in Transcaspia 

 frequently in colonies in holes and cracks in the steep river- 

 banks, and late in April deposits 2 eggs, which resemble 

 those of C. cenas, but are rather smaller. 



889. CANARIAN DOVE. 

 COLUMBA LAURIVORA. 



Columba laurivora, Webb and Berthelot, Orn. Canar. p. 26, pi. 3, lower 

 fig. (1841) ; Dresser, vii. p. 31, pi. 460 ; Salvadori, Cat. B. Br. Mns. 

 xxi. p. 297. 



Rabiblanco, in the Canaries. 



ad. (Canaries). Head, neck, and back dull slate-blue, the crown and 

 nape glossed with green, the sides of the neck with purplish red and 

 green ; upper surface of wings brownish slate ; quills dark brown ; tail 

 pale brownish ash-grey, becoming paler towards the middle, and greyish 

 white at the tip ; throat-feathers reddish tipped with green ; rest of under 

 parts coppery red, the under tail-coverts slate-blue ; bill white, but pink 

 at the base ; legs dark red ; iris yellowish. Culmen 1'2, wing 8*6, tail 6'2 r 

 tarsus 1'5 inch. Female similar. 



Hob. The islands of Gomera and Palma, Canaries. 



Is peculiar to the Canaries, and is essentially a forest bird, 

 frequenting the wilder and less accessible parts of the islands of 

 Gomera and Palma, where it feeds on laurel berries and tender 

 buds, grain, &c. It breeds in the forests, and in May deposits 

 a- single egg, which is pure white, and measures about T68 

 by 1-12. 



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