On the Birds of South-eastern China. 35 1 



XX. — The Birds of Hong Kong, Macao, and the West River 

 or Si Kiang in South-eastern China, with special reference 

 to their Nidification and Seasonal Movements. — Part III.* 

 (Conclusion and Appendix.) By Lieutenant R. E. 

 Vaughan, R.N., M.B.O.U., and Stafe-Surgeon K. H. 

 Jones, M.B., R.N., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



[Continued from p. 201.] 



TURTUR ORIENTALIS. 



The Eastern Turtle Dove is a fairly common winter 

 visitor to the coast of Kwang Tung and is not found further 

 inland than the Shiu Hing gorge, about one hundred and 

 ten miles from the sea. The time of arrival of these Doves 

 appears to vary considerably in different years, for they have 

 been known to occur as early as October 14, and as late as 

 December 6 ; whilst in the spring, although the majority 

 leave in March, they have been obtained on April 14. 



TuRTUR HUMILIS. 



The Red Dove is a common resident species on the West 

 River, but is only found on the coast and in the Delta 

 country in winter, probably in the last named cases it is as a 

 bird of passage from further north. On September 1 large 

 flocks of these birds were found feeding in wet paddy with 

 the Snipe, so probably they had migrated with the latter 

 from the north. Further west, this species grows commoner 

 than Turtur chinensis, and at Kwei Hsien it is the most 

 abundant Dove. 



It usually places its little nest, consisting of a few sticks and 

 rootlets, high up in some tall tree, a banyan, bombax, or fir ; 

 and in the banyan the nest is very difficult to see, but the 

 sitting-bird can easily be flushed. In this species it was 

 found, from actual observation, that the male incubates the 

 eggs from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m., and the female for the remaining 

 eighteen hours. The different plumage of the two sexes 

 enabled these observations to be made. 



♦ For previous parts see pp. 17-76 and 163-201, and for map see pi. iv. 



