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202— Columba intermedia, Strict (788.) 



The Blue Rock-pigeon is very common in deep, rocky 

 gorges which are cut by the rivers in Sirguja and Udipur. 

 It occurs also in suitable localities throughout the Division. 



I have occasionally seen white individuals iu the flocks, as I 

 remember also to have seen amongst flocks of C Hvia which 

 live in the rocks and- caves on the coast of Waterford in Ireland. 



Some of the races in Chota Nagpur, more particularly the 

 Hos or Lurka Kols of Singhbhum, keep large flocks of Blue 

 Pigeons which feed in the fields, returning to the villages to 

 roost. These birds — I have not compared them very closely — do- 

 not appear to differ in any respect from the wild ones. 



In these flocks too white individuals may occasionally be 

 seen. These cases show the existence of that tendency to 

 change which is so much developed in the domestic Pigeon. 



203.— Turtur rupicolus, Pall. (793.) 



The Rufous Turtle Dove is not common in all parts of Chota 

 Nagpur. Captain Beavan obtained it in Manbhum. I found it- 

 most common in Sirguja. I first observed in the Rajmehat 

 hills and afterwards confirmed the observation elsewhere, that 

 unlike the other doves it does not generally travel in pairs. 



204.— Turtur cambayensis, Gm. (794.) 



The Little Brown Dove occurs throughout Chota Nagpur. 

 Captain Beavan speaks of it as " common in Manbhum/' I find 

 that I have made no particular record of its occurrence; 



205.— Turtur suratensis, Gm. (795.) 



The Spotted Dove is found throughout Chota Nagpur, but is 

 perhaps not so common as the preceding, certainly not as- 

 the following species. 



206.— Turtur risorius, Lin. (796.) 



The Common Ring Dove occurs throughout the Division* 



207.— Turtur humilis, Temm. (797.) 



The Red Turtle Dove is found throughout. I think I 

 observed it to be more abundant in Sirguja than elsewhere.. 



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208.— Chalcophaps indicus, Lin. (798.) 



The Bronze-winged Dove is of extreme rarity in Chota 

 Nagpur. I have only seen it once in a forest in the Tributary 



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