424 BIKDS OCCURRING IN INDIA HOT DESCRIBED 



coloured than in the adult, and the central tail-feathers may be 

 described as very pale buffy fawn, with a narrow brown shaft 

 stripe. 



A female killed in August is in such bleached and abraded 

 plumage that it would scarcely be recognised as belonging to 

 the same species ; the lores and the cheek stripe and the pecto- 

 ral band are dusky brown ; a dingy white line runs from the 

 nostrils over the eyes ; and the whole crown and occiput is dusky > 

 only just the extreme tips of the feathers retaining the original 

 grey brown shade ; the lower breast and abdomen are mingled 

 dusky and fulvous white, owing to the bases of the feathers 

 showing through ; the back of the neck and back is pale 

 sandy ; the feathers somewhat darker centred, while the upper 

 tail-coverts and central feathers are dull pale rufescent sandy. 

 I have never obtained the bird in full breeding plumage, but 

 I should imagine that it did not differ greatly from the freshly - 

 moulted October plumage. — Hurne, " Lahore to Yai^Jcand." 



780 ter. — Carpophaga pusilla, Blyth. 



Although I do not in the least believe in the distinctness of 

 this or C. sylvatica, Tick., from the widely-spread G. anea, Lin., 

 I yet reproduce, for easy reference, Blyth's original very brief 

 remarks about this supposed southern species : — 



" Like C. sylvatica (vel cenea of India), but much smaller, 

 and the nape very rufescent. Length of wing, 8'25 inches ; of 

 tail, 5-5 ; Nilgiris."— Blyth. 



786 bis.— Palumbus torringtoni, Kelaart. 



This differs from P. elphinstoni of South India in having the 

 back and wings plain dark slaty, without a trace of ruddy 

 margining to the feathers ; the head, neck, and underparts are 

 also tinged with vinaceous more than with green ; and the 

 reddish-purple gloss (especially about the lower part of the neck 

 behind, where it contrasts abruptly with the ashy of the back) 

 is considerably more brilliant. Sexes nearly alike. — Blyth, 

 " lbU," 1867. 



