AND IN PARTS OF WYNAAD AND SOUTHERN MyYsoRE. 407 
The following is a resumé of a number of specimens mea- 
sured in the flesh. The sexes donot appear to differ in size :— 
Length, 10°6 to 11:1; expanse, 17°2 to 18-0; tail, 3-4 to 3-6; 
wing, 5°6 to 5:9; tarsus, 0°8 to 0°85; bill from gape, 0-9 to 0°95 ; 
weight, 4°5 to 5°5 ozs. 
_ Irides, outer ring pink, inner bright pale blue; horny portion 
of bill bluish white; rest of bill pale bluish green; legs and 
feet lake pink ; claws bluish white. 
781 bis.—Carpophaga cuprea, Jerd. The Southern 
Bronze J mperial. 
This fine Pigeon is not uncommon in the grand forests of the 
Wynaad and the slopes of the Nilghiris. I have always found 
it in small flocks. Ihave never found it anywhere except in 
heavy forest. It is particularly fond of eating the wild nut- 
meg. It swallows the nutmeg with: the mace on, the latter being 
digested, but the nutmeg with its hard outer shell being voided. 
786.—Palumbus elphinstonii, Sykes. The Nilghiri 
Wood Pigeon. 
This Wood Pigeon is not uncommon in the woods on the 
Nilghiris and its slopes, but I did not meet with it in either the 
Wynaad or Mysore. It is, however, comparatively common in 
the Bramagherries in Coorg. It moves about a good deal, and 
a shola that. may be full of them one week will not contain a 
single specimen the following week ; this is due, I fancy, to the 
prevalence or otherwise of berries. I too have often noticed 
the fact mentioned by Jerdon of their feeding on the ground 
outside the forests. I found them very numerous in March in 
the forests about Neddivuttum, and procured a good number 
of specimens, eight of which I measured. 
The sexes do not differ in size or colour of soft parts, one 
from the other. 
The following isa resumé of the dimensions, &c., of these 
elght specimens :— 
Length, 16:1 to 17:7; expanse, 25:0 to 26:5; tail, 6:3 to 6°9; 
wing, 83 to 9°0; tarsus, 1°08 to 1:15; bill from gape, 1-1 to 
1:2; weight, 10°0 to 12:0 ozs. 
Fleshy portion of bill, legs, feet and eyelids pink; rest 
of bill and claws horny white ; irides vary from a pale yellowish 
red to a red brown. 
792.—Turtur pulchratus, Hodgs. The Indian Tur- 
tle Dove. 
I shot a specimen of this at Manantoddy. This specimen I 
have carefully compared with others from Simla and its neigh- 
