12 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol. 77 



Family PTEROCLIDAE 



SAND-GROUSE 

 45. SYRRHAPTES PARADOXUS (Pallas) 



Tetrao paradooeus Pallas, Reise Russ. Reichs, vol. 2, 1773, p. 712, pi. F 

 (southern Tartary Desert). 



One male, 107 miles northwest of Paotow, Inner Mongolia, April 3. 

 Family COLUMBIDAE 



PIGEONS AND DOVES 

 46. COLUMBA RUPESTRIS RUPESTRIS Pallas 



Columba oenas d rupestris Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asia., vol. 1, 1827, p. 560 

 (Dauria). 



Three males, 225 miles west of Paotow, Inner Mongolia, April 19 ; 

 1 male and 1 female, 55 miles, northwest of Ninghsia, Kansii, May 1 ; 

 1 female, Eastern Tombs, Chihli, January 8. 



The above series is slightly lighter above and below than a small 

 series from western Szechwan. 



47. COLUMBA LIVIA NEGLECTA Hume 



Columba neglecta Hume, Lahore to Yarkand, 1873, p. 272 (Ladak). 



One male, Paotow, Inner Mongolia, March 21. 



The above specimen can not be distinguished from a; series of this 

 form from Kashmir. 



The United States National Museum has a specimen (No. 237656) 

 from the Tai-peishan district, 80 miles west-southwest of Sianfu, 

 Shensi, taken by Arthur de C. Sowerby, April 3, that comes very 

 close to neglecta from Kashmir, also. It only differs in being very 

 slightly paler above and below. 



In the collection there is a male from Paotow and two females 

 from 157 to 225 miles west of Paotow that are very dark, especially 

 above, that I am not listing separately. These are evidently domes- 

 tic pigeons gone wild. One has all the primaries on one wing white, 

 except one, while in the other wing three are white. The National 

 Museum also contains a specimen of this dark variety from Japan 

 (No. 132432). Doctor Kock took it in south Kansu.« 



Now whether the specimen listed as Golnniba Uvia neglecta from 

 Paotow and the specimen referred to from Shensi belong to the 

 domestic variety also, or are an extension to the east of the Turkestan 

 form, some one in the future will have to decide. Certainly there 

 seems to be no previous record so far to the eastward. 



8 Bull. Mus. Comp. ZoOl., vol. 68, 1928, p. 320. 



