646 COLUMBA TURTUR 



893. EASTERN RING-DOVE. 

 COLUMBA CASIOTIS. 



Coluniba casiotis (Bp.), Consp. Gen. Av. ii. p. 42 (1857) ; Dresser, ix. 

 p. 299, pi. 697 ; Salvador!, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxi. p. 302 ; (Blanf.), 

 F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 34. 



Dhanua, Hindu. 



<$ ad. (Afghanistan). Kesembles C. palumbus, but differs in having 

 the patches on the sides of the neck ochreous instead of white ; bill orange 

 at the tip, whitish at the base ; feet red ; iris yellowish white. 



Sab. Southern Persia, Afghanistan, Central Asia and North- 

 west India. 



In habits it does not differ from C. palumbus. It breeds in 

 North-west India in May and June, its nest and eggs being 

 similar to those of C. palumbus, the latter measuring about 1'6 

 by 1-1. 



894. JAPANESE DOVE. 

 COLUMBA IANTHINA. 



Coluniba ianthina (Temm.), PI. Col. 503 (1830) ; (Seebohm), B. Jap. 

 Einp. p. 165 ; Salvadori, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxi. p. 310. 



Karaw-bato, Jap. 



( ad. (Japan). General colour slaty black, the crown, back, rump, 

 and wing-coverts glossed with metallic purple, the neck, fore part of back 

 and breast with metallic green ; under parts paler and more slaty blue 

 than the upper parts ; bill dark bluish ; legs reddish ; iris brown. 

 Culmen 1*0, wing 9*4, tail 7*0, tarsus 1*2 inch. Female similar but duller. 



Hob. Japan and Loo-Choo Islands. 



I do not find anything on record respecting the habits of the 

 present species. It is said to nest in trees about five feet from 

 the ground, and in May deposits 2 white eggs. 



TURTUR, Selby, 1835. 



895. TURTLE-DOVE. 

 TURTUR COMMUNIS. 



Turtur communis, Selby, Nat. Libr. Pigeons, pp. 153, 171 (1835) ; Blanf, 

 F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 42 ; Saunders, p. 485 ; Lilford, iv. p. 93, 

 pi. 42 ; Columba turtur, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 284 (1766) ; Naum. 



