64S TURTUR 



warm rufescent ochreous brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts dark brown 

 broadly margined with tawny brown ; tail without any blue tinge ; chin 

 and upper throat pale brownish ochreous, gradually fading into deep 

 coppery pink, and on the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts into white. 

 Culmen 0*7, wing 6'0, tail 4'3, tarsus O8 inch. 



Hob. North-east Africa, north to Cairo; of doubtful occurrence 

 in Asia Minor. 



In habits and nidification this species does not differ from 

 T. communis, of which it is a desert form. 



897. EVERSMANN'S TURTLE-DOVE. 

 TURTUR FERRAGO 



Turtur ferrago (Eversm.), Add. Pall. Zoogr. Ross. As. fasc. iii. p. 17 

 (1842) ; Salvadori, Cat, B. Br. Mus. xxi. p. 401 ; Blanf. F. Brit. 

 Ind. Birds, iv. p. 41. 



ad. (Turkestan). Differs from T. communis in being larger, with 

 the edges of the scapulars and upper wing-coverts more rufous, the black 

 feathers on the sides of the neck tipped with dove-grey and not with white, 

 und the tips of the tail-feathers are sometimes very pale grey, though 

 generally pure white. Culmen 0'75, wing 7'6, tail 5 '25, tarsus I'O inch. 



Nab. Himalaya from Sikhim to Afghanistan ; Central Asia ; 

 Turkestan and S.W. Siberia ; Northern India in winter. 



In general habits it does not differ from T. communis. It 

 breeds in the Himalaya at from 4,000 to 8,000 feet elevation, 

 from May to August, and lays 2 pure white eggs, which measure 

 about 1-22 by 0'93. 



898. CHINESE TURTLE-DOVE. 

 TURTUR ORIENTALIS. 



Turtur orientalis (Lath.), Ind. Orn. ii. p. 606 (1790) ; Dresser, vii. p. 45, 

 pi. 463 ; Salvadori, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxi. p. 403 ; Blanf. F. Brit. 

 Ind. Birds, iv. p. 40 ; T. rupicola (Pall.), Zoogr. Ross. As. i, p. 566 

 (1811) ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 385 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. 

 p. 733 ; Saunders, p. 487 ; C. cjelastes, Temm. PI. Col. 550 (1835) ; 

 id. Schlegel, Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 100, pi. 60 B ; C. meena, Sykes, 

 P.Z.S. 1832, p. 149. 



Kala-fukhta, Basko-fukhta, Hindu. ; Kiji-bato, Jap. 



ad. (Japan). Differs from T. communis in being larger and much 

 darker, the forehead dark ashy blue, the rest of head, neck, and upper 

 parts ashy brown, the tips of the black feathers on the sides of the neck, 



