650 TURTUR 



is a slight platform of twigs, and is placed on the ground, and 

 its 2 eggs are pure white, and measure about 1'18 by 0*87. 

 It is said to breed in every month from December to August 

 in India. 



900. SENEGAL TURTLE-DOVE. 



TURTUR SENEGALENSIS. 



Turtur senegalensis (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 283 (1766) ; Salvador!, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. xxi. p. 448 ; Dresser, vii. p. 55, pi. 465 ; T. cegyptiacus, 

 Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 607 (1790). 



<J ad. (Egypt). Head and neck purplish pink ; back and scapulars 

 warm brown, becoming clay rufous on the inner wing-coverts ; lower back, 

 rump, upper wing-coverts and secondaries greyish plumbeous ; primaries 

 blackish ; upper tail-coverts and middle tail-feathers greyish brown, the 

 rest bluish grey, becoming blackish, and then slate-grey at the end, the 

 outer ones having the terminal half white ; a broad collar round the front 

 and sides of the neck black tipped with yellowish coppery ; chest pinky 

 vinous, gradually fading into white towards the vent ; bill dusky, with a 

 reddish shade towards the base ; legs and feet pinkish red ; iris orange- 

 red ; eyelids lilac-red. Culmeii 0'75, wing 5*8, tail 4*7, tarsus 0'85 inch. 

 Female similar, but paler in colour. The young bird is much duller, and 

 lacks the collar. 



Hob. Africa from Egypt to the Cape, Socotra, the Canary 

 Islands ; Palestine, Greece, and Turkey. 



In its general habits it is very sociable and tame, especially 

 in Mohametan countries, where it is never molested, and is 

 found in trees, groves, and gardens. Its nest is a mere platform 

 of sticks or twigs, and is placed in a tree or bush, or even on 

 the ground, and the 2 eggs are pure white, measuring about 

 1'19 by 0'92, and are generally deposited in March. 



901. INDIAN BROWN TURTLE-DOVE. 

 TURTUR CAMBAYENSIS. 



Turtur cambayensis (GmeL), Syst. Nat. ii. p. 779 (1788) ; Dresser, ix. 

 p. 305 ; Key, J. f. 0. 1875, p. 291 (egg) ; Salvadori, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. xxi. p. 451 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 45. 



Tortru-fachla, Chota fakhta, Hindu. 



ad. (India). Differs from T. senegalensis in having the upper parts, 

 including the rump, pale dull earth-brown, without any reddish tinge ; 

 bill blackish ; legs lake-red ; iris dark brown with a whitish inner circle. 

 Culmen 0'75, wing 5'7, tail 5'0, tarsus 0'82 inch. 



Hob. Turkey, Asia Minor, Transcaspia, Central Asia, and 

 almost the whole peninsula of India. 



