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BIRDS OF THE PROVINCES OF KASHMIR AND JAMMU 

 AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS. 



By 



Colonel A. E. Ward. 

 Part IV. 



(Continued from page 729 of this Volume.) 



Order Golumb.e. Fam. Columbid.e. — Pigeons and Doves. 



(1272). Crocopus chlorogaster. — The Southern Green Pigeon. If this bird 

 is to be obtained it will be in Jammu Province, but the specimens we have in 

 the museum are without locality. 



(1283). Sphenocercus sphenurus. — The Kokla Green Pigeon, during the breed- 

 ing season is abundant in Kishfcwar. 



(1291). ChalcopJiaps indica. — The Bronze-winged Dove. I expect the spe- 

 cimens recorded by Adams were from Poonch and the outer ranges of the 

 Punjab Mountaius. There are none in Kashmir proper. 



(1292). Columba intermedia. — The Indian Blue Rock-Pigeon. 



(1293). Columba Uvia. — The Blue Rock-Pigeon. This is the common pigeon 

 of Kashmir. 



(1294). Columba rupestris. — The Blue Hill- Pigeon, is plentiful on the Ladak 

 Road, at high altitudes of the side valleys of Kashmir, and in most of the 

 norhern parts. 



(1295). Columba eversmanni. — The Eastern Stock-Pigeon is rare and pro- 

 bably migrates across our frontiers. 



(1*296). Columba leuconota— The White-bellied or Snow Pigeon, breeds in 

 Kashmir at altitudes of about 10,000' and upwards and extends far into the 

 hills ; during severe winters it descends to about 7,000', but leaves for higher 

 ground directly the weather is less severe. 



(1297), Dendrotreron hodgsoni. — The Speckled Wood-Pigeon. A single bird 

 was noted in the Lid dar, June 1880 and again in 1904. In Kishtwar it is 

 fairly common, it breeds in that district in June at about 8,000 feet. 



(1298). Palumbus casiotis. — The Eastern Wood-Pigeon is very plentiful in 

 the spring in the Murree hills ; large flocks are to be seen in the autumn in 

 Poonch, and it is' found in Kashmir. 



(1305). Turtur ferrago. — The Indian Turtle-Dove dwells in the wooded 

 districts where it is common. 



(1307). Turtur suratensis. — The Spotted Dove. 



(1309). Turtur cambayensis. — The Little Brown Dove. 



(1310). Turtur risorius. — The Indian Ring-Dove. 



(1311). jiEnopopelia tranquebarica. — The Red Turtle-Dove is rarely to be 

 found. 



Order Pterocletes. Fam. Pteroclidjg— Sand-Grouse. 



(1316). Pterocles arenarius. — The Large Sand-Grouse. 



