138 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF GILGIT. 
As to the difficulty experienced by Captain Wardlaw-Ramsay 
in reconciling Eversmann’s description of the tail of 
T. ferrago with the Dove now under consideration, I think all 
becomes plain if we suppose a misprint of one word: for 
“albis’’ substitute ‘ fuscis,’ and the description will be 
quite correct—thus, ‘‘rectricibus apice albis, exceptis duabus 
medis totis fuscis.” 
190.—Turtur auritus, Gray. (792 dis.) 
This species appears to be a summer visitor only, and is 
much less common than 7. ferrago. I did not secure a spe- 
cimen. Its occurrence in Gilgit is very interesting; it is 
not found in any other portion of British India, except 
Quetta.* 
191.—Turtur cambayensis, Gmel. (794.) 
I also only obtained one specimen of this Dove in Gilgit, 
on the 27th January ; it is evidently very rare with us. This 
species, which has been supposed to be the same as 7. senega- 
lensis, differs from examples of the latter which I have examined 
in its smaller size, less bright colours, and brown rump and 
upper tail-coverts, which are precisely the same colour as the 
back. TZ. senegalensis has a dark grey rump; but I do not 
know that these differences are constant. 
192.—Turtur suratensis, Gmel. (795.) 
According to my observation this Dove is only found about 
Gilgit from November to March ; I never met with it in 
summer. 
193.—Tetraogallus himalayensis, Gray. 
A fine male of this species measured in the flesh :—Length, 
27°1 inches; wing, 12:1; tail, 8:7; tarsus, 2°65; bill to gape, 
1:5; it weighed 5it. 11 0z. Examples from Hastern Turkestan, 
which have been referred to JT. himalayanus, differ consider- 
ably from my Gilgit specimens; the former are paler and 
more brown, with not nearly such strong contrasts of colours. 
Five eggs of this species, taken in the Gilgit district on the 
28th April at an elevation of about 10,000 feet, measure in 
length 2°57 to 2°65 inches, and in breadth 1:84 to 1°85. 
* This is not quite correct, for in April 1874, Mr, Mandelli obtained a fine speci- 
men of this species from Native Sikhim, now in our Museum, and I have seen a 
specimen obtained in the Sind Valley, Cashmere. Both were, of course, mere strag- 
glers.—Ep., 8. F. 
