TURTUR 649 



and of the tail-feathers ashy bine and not white ; under parts brownish 

 vinous, becoming rosy vinous on the middle of the abdomen ; bill brown 

 tinged with vinous on the basal half ; legs vinous red ; iris orange ; 

 eyelids pale blue ; edges of eyelids red. Culmen 0'8, wing 7*5, tail 5'7, 

 tarsus 1*1 inch. 



Hob. South-eastern Siberia ; Mongolia ; Manchuria ; Corea ; 

 Japan ; the eastern Himalayas and India, north of 15 N. lat. 

 A rare straggler to Europe, having occurred at least twice in 

 Sweden, and once in England. 



In habits it does not differ from T. communis, but is a 

 resident throughout most of its range. In India the breeding 

 season is from December to April, and in Dauria late in May 

 or early in June, and the 2 white eggs measure about 1'31 

 by 0-98. 



899. COLLARED TURTLE-DOVE. 

 TURTUR DECAOCTO. 



Turtur decaocto (Frivaldsky), Balkanyi Termes. Utaz. p. 30, pi. viii. 

 (1838) ; ? T. risorius (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 285 .(1766 partim) ; 

 Pall. Zoogr. Koss. As. i. p. 565 ; Dresser, vii. p. 51, pi. 464, fig. 2 ; 

 David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 387 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. 

 p. 46 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 162 ; T. douraca, Hodg. in Gray's 

 Zool. Misc. p. 85 (1844 descr. nullti) ; Salvador!, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 xxi. p. 430 ; T. torquata (Bogd.), Tr. Sib. Obtsch. Jestestv. xii. p. 9 

 (1881) ; Tacz. F. O. Sib. 0. p. 736. 



Dhor-fakhta, Perki, Panduk, Gugi, Hindu. ; Shirako-bate, Jap. 



<J ad. (Palestine). Head, neck, and breast pale greyish vinous, the 

 crown tinged with blue-grey ; upper parts dusty brown, the sides of the 

 rump dove-blue ; quills ashy blue at the base, otherwise blackish brown ; 

 secondaries and outer coverts dove-blue ; middle tail-feathers dusky brown, 

 the rest dove-blue, fading to white towards the tips ; a black collar 

 margined with white from the back half round the neck ; under parts pale 

 vinous, becoming dove-blue on the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts ; 

 flanks washed with blue-grey ; bill black ; le^s and feet pinkish red ; iris 

 crimson, orbital skin whitish. Culmen 0'8, wing 7'15, tail 5*7, tarsus 0'95 

 inch. Sexes alike. 



Hal. Turkey, Asia Minor, Asia east to India, Ceylon, China, 

 Mongolia, Manchuria, Corea, Japan, and as far north as the 

 southern Amoor. 



Frequents hedges and trees in cultivated localities, and bush 

 and reed jungle, and its note is a deep kookoo-koo. Its nest 



