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have it from every single locality from which I have received 

 any birds, and Godwin-Austen gives it from the Khasi 

 hills. 



[The " Koo-po-hoo " of the Assamese is a permanent resident 

 and very abundant. They breed in the cold weather. — 

 J. R. C] 



In British Burmah this species is represented by T. 

 tigriniis. 



It is curious that, while all the specimens I preserved from 

 Sylhet, Cachar and Manipur are T. surafensis, I received from- 

 N.-E. Cachar a genuine specimen of 795bis. — Turtur tigrimis, 

 Tem. There is no other record of its occurrence in Assam, 

 Sylhet or Cachar, but it is perhaps the commonest Dove all 

 over British Burmah. 



796. — Turtur risorius, Lin. 



We saw this nowhere in the hills, but found it common in 

 the Manipur basin. This species was not uncommon in 

 Cachar (I did not notice it, though I dare say it occurs, in Sylhet), 

 and has been sent me from Joonkotollee in the Dibrugarh 

 district. Godwin- Austen records it from the Garo hills, and 

 this is all I know of its distribution in Assam. 



[A few couple may be seen in the cold weather about the 

 more open parts of the Dibrugarh district. — J. R. C.J 



In British Burmah I only know of its occurrence in Northern 

 Arakan and Northern Pegu, in both of which I believe it 

 to be rare. 



l^lhis. — Turtur humilis, Tem,. 



This species is excessively abundant in the Manipur basin, 

 and about the villages, in the evenings, gathers in large droves, 

 clustering on the tops of high trees or some bare summit of 

 a huge bamboo, so thickly that a dozen or more may be 

 dropped with a single barrel. 



I have this species from N.-E. Cachar, and it is probably 

 this species (though it may have been tranqueharicus) that 

 Godwin- Austen records from the Garo hills. Beyond this I 

 know as yet nothing of its distribution in Assam, Sylhet or 

 Cachar, in neither of which latter districts did I myself meet 

 with it. 



This species is generally distributed throughout the mora 

 open and cultivated portions of Tenasserim and Pegu. I 

 have never seen a specimen from Arakan, where, according to 



