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domen. It has occurred in the south of Sweden; and Mr. Sclater 

 tells us, "Ibis," July, 1861, that we may expect some day to see it 

 in England. Without, therefore, in the absence of specimens, giving 

 a figure, I will record here all we know about the bird. 



The following is Nilsson's account, copied, translated, and kindly 

 sent me by Mr. Wheelwright: — "The old bird about thirteen to four- 

 teen inches long; wing from carpal joint eight inches. On the sides 

 of the neck a black spot with four white transverse streaks. Wings 

 above blackish, with broad rusty red edges to the feathers, which give 

 these parts a scaly appearance. Tail rounded, black, with a broad 

 whitish grey tip, the web of the outer feathers grey, the middle 

 nearly free from the light tips. Back and upper parts blue; head 

 and breast whitish grey, with a rusty tinge, especially in the breast; 

 under tail coverts bluish white. — Stockholm Museum. 



Young. Tail black, with a broad white tip, which is absent on 

 the middle feathers; wings, etc., dark brown, with rusty yellow tips. 

 Black spots on the sides of the neck scarcely visible. — Stockholm 

 Museum. 



This Dove, which was formerly only known in Japan, has of late 

 years been met with in Sweden. In December, 1842, a young example 

 was purchased in Stockholm in a load of other birds from Herjeadalei, 

 where it was caught in the autumn. An older specimen was sent down 

 alive by a shijD- builder, named J. Peterson, of Piteo, to the Stockholm 

 Museum. It was caught in a forest tract a mile and a half Swedish 

 from the town. It was kept alive in Stockholm some time, but died 

 December 20th., 185o, and is now preserved in the Museum as one 

 of the rarest and most handsome of Swedish birds. According to 

 Professor Sundevall, the note exactly resembles that of the Turtle Dove, 

 (consequently not laughing, as the name would imply,) and the general 

 appearance of the two birds is so similar, that were it not for the size 

 it might easily be taken for a large variety of C. tiirtiir. Professor 

 Sundevall imagines that besides Japan it inhabits North-Eastern Asia, 

 and that the yearling bird, which was caught in Herjeadalei, was 

 hatched in the above-named province or in Lapland. In its native 

 country it appears to inhabit rocky mountainous tracts." 



Dr. Leopold Von Schrenck, in his "Beisen und Forschungen im 

 Amur Lande," Vol. 1, Part 9, 1854-6, page 390, has a long account 

 of this bird, from which I extract the following: — "This is only a 

 geographical variety of C. turtur, distinguished by its greater size and 

 by its darker colouring. The Amur Lande species resembles mark for 

 mark the C. turtur, and in the tone of its colouring most resembles the 

 description given in the "Fauna Japonica," especially the wings, tail 



