408 NoTEs ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED ON THE NILGHIRIS 
bourhood, and it in no ways differs from them. The abdomen, 
vent, and lower tail-coverts in the specimen I procured are’ 
snow white. 
I saw several others close to where I procured my specimen, 
and I also noticed some Doves near Muddur in Mysore, which’ 
T incline to think were of this species. ‘urtur meena may occur, 
but I have not observed it. 
794.—Turtur senegalensis, Lin. The Little Brown 
Dove. 
This little Dove occurs sparingly on the tableland of the 
Nilghiris, and a few can always be obtained about the Badaga 
cultivation. It is much more common at the foot of the hills in. 
the Mysore country, but always about cultivation, especially 
when the fields are stony. It avoids well wooded land. 
Four specimens measured in the flesh as follows :— 
‘Length, 10°5 to 10°8; expanse, 15°5 to 16°0; tail, 4-5 to 4°9; 
wing, 4:7 to 5:1; tarsus, 0°75 to 0°8; bill from gape, 0°75 to: 
0°8 ; weight, 2:75 to3°0 ozs. Bill and claws black; legs and 
feet pink ; irides deep brown. 
795.—Turtur suratensis, Gm. The Spotted Dove. 
This species was very common all over the district in suitable 
localities. Some years ago it was much more numerous in the 
vicinity of Ootacamund than it is now, but it is so slaughtered 
by the natives that it has greatly diminished in numbers. 
It is particularly fond of feeding about the roads. 
796.—Turtur risorius, Zin. The Eastern Ring 
Dove. 
These Doves were not uncommon about Seegore, and near 
Gundalupet. Many years ago I shot one at a village about 
seven miles from Ootacamund and on the plateau of the Nilghiris, 
but it is the only one Iever heard of being killed at this 
elevation. 
798.—Chalcophaps indica, Zin. The Emerald Ground 
Dove. 
This species does not occur as high on the Nilghiris as 
Ootacamund, but I have shot it as high up as Coonoor on the 
one side, and Neddivuttum on the other, but they are not 
common at this elevation; lower down on the Ghats and in the 
Wynaad they occur more numerously, but they are not 
common anywhere. They keep a good deal to cover, and 
are fond of feeding along shady roads. Their coo is a very: 
