722 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIII. 



in February, March (April, 6-4-02, very numerous), June ; Dejoo, June, 

 July ; Seajuli, November. 



Iris blue, outer ring light red or pale brown ; orbital skin light purplish- 

 blue or light blue ; bill light blue at base, tip greenish-horny ; tarsus 

 bright red ; claws horny. 



364. Carpophaga cenea (L.) [1284]. — Green Imperial Pigeon. 



Plentiful throughout the whole district. Rungagora, December, January ; 

 North Lakhimpur, July ; Seajuli, November ; Silonibari, 14-7-11*, numbers 

 crossing between the forest tracts. 



365. Carpophaga insignis insignis, Hodgs. [1286]. — Hodgson's Imperial 



Pigeon. 

 Plentiful at the base of the hills in North Lakhimpur. Specimens secured 

 in June. Large parties frequent their favourite trees when the berries are 

 ripe. Iris greyish-white ; orbital skin pale grey ; bill fleshy red, horny at 

 tip ; tarsus reddish-mauve ; soles dull yellow ; claws horny. 



366. Chalcophaps indica (L.) [1291]. — Bronze-winged Dove. 



Occurs throughout the plains, invariably found near water in forest both 

 in the hills and plains, sometimes occupies secondary scrub growth intersect- 

 ed with dusty paths about which it delights to pick up and forage for 

 dift'erent seeds. 



Iris brown; bill: basal portion reddish-plumbeous, other portion light Ver- 

 million or reddish-horny ; orbital skin plumbeous red ; tarsus purplish-red 

 or dark red, gradually deepening into plumbeous red at claws, the latter 

 horny. 



367. Columba puniceus, Blyth. [1302]. — Purple Wood Pigeon. 



Alsocomus puniceus, Blanford, F. B. I., Vol. iv., p. 38 ; Baker, 



Indian Pigeons, p. 176. 



Fairly plentiful in the plains, probably locally distributed, occurs at 



times in small parties in forest. A nest containing a single egg taken out 



of a' low tree on 29-6-03, Rungagora. Parent birds secured, also obtained 



in November. 



Iris greyish-white ; orbits grey brown ; bill reddish-plum, pale at tip ; 

 tarsus and claws purplish-lake ; soles whitish-brown. 



368. Streptopelia turtur orientalis (Latham) [1304]. — Rufous Turtle-Dove. 



Turtur orientalis, Blanford, F. B. I., Vol. iv., p. 40. 

 Common throughout the plains, partial to forest clearings, and the forest 

 along the banks of the rivers. Rungagora, December, January ; Dejoo, 

 July. 



369. Streptopelia awatensis suratensis (Gm.) [1307]. — Spotted Dove. 



Turtur suratensis, Blanford, F. B. 1., Vol. iv., p. 43. 

 Extremely common and familiar everywhere in cultivated tracts. 



370. Streptopelia tranquebarica tranquebarica (Herm.) [1311]. — Red Turtle- 



Dove. 



CEnopopelia tranquebarica, Blanford, F. B. I., Vol. iv., p. 47. 

 Extremely locally distributed, possibly migratory. The following localities 

 and dates are the only available records : — 



Panigaon : Komolabari, North Lakhimpur road, latter end of April 1903, 

 a pair seen. Rungagora, 1-6-04, S ; 6-6-03, J ; 7-6-03, c? ; a single 

 occurrence at Dejoo, base of hills, and reported once from Joyhing. 



371. Macropygia tusalia tusalia (Hodgs.) [1312]. — The Bar-tailed Cuckoo 



Dove. 

 Descends the gorges of the hills on the north frontier in North Lak- 

 himpur at the cold season, extends into the plains sparingly. One secured 



