280 jNIr. J. D. D. Ui Tonche— Fur I her Notes 



of the primary-quills l)lack on tiie terminal half, instead 

 of barred with black and white as in P. cristatus. — 

 W. R. O.-G.] 



TURTUII UISORIUS (Ia). 



Turtur risorius David & Oiistalet, Oiseaux de la Chine, 

 p. 387. 



I have two specimens of this Dove from Foochow, and 

 there is another in the collection presented by jNfr. Riekett 

 to the British Museum, which was also shot near Foochow. 

 1 understand from the Foochow collectors that a few are 

 shot there every winter. 



Spuenocercus sororius Swinhoe ■^. 



A female example of a Green Pigeon resembling one ob- 

 tained at Shaweishan on 28 November 1910, was shot near 

 Foochow in January 1912. This bird would therefore seem 

 to winter in Fohkien. It is possibly this s;)eeies \vhich 

 Professor Poliakoff collected near Foochow in 1881 (see 

 ' Ibis/ 1892, p. 493), and not Chalcophcqjs indica. 



Description. — Upper parts green, shading to yellowish 

 green on the head, the feathers of the hind neck and upper 

 back grey to a large extent, broadly fringed with green. 

 Wing-coverts green like the back, the greater coverts edged 

 with primrose-yellow. Primary coverts and primaries slate- 

 black, the first four primai-ies edged with primrose-yellow 

 from just beyond tlie coverts. Secondaries, except the 

 innermost Avhieh are green, slate-black with outer webs 

 washed with green and edged with primrose-yellow. Chin 

 and throat bright greenish yellow. Chest briglit yellowish 

 green. Breast very pale greyish green, shading to very pale 

 yellowish grey on the abdomen. Anal region white tinged 

 with primrose-yellow. Feathers of upper flanks light slate- 

 grey, broadly edged Avith green, those of the lower flanks 

 with a slate- grey centre, whitish sides, and green apical 

 margin. Longest under tail-coverts dull yellow with broad 



* Since the above was written 1 have fonnd out that the Foochow 

 and Shaweishan Green Pigeons are not identical, and I hope to be able 

 to clear up the matter when the Foochow bird has been compared and 

 ideutitied at the British Museum. 



