118 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



have shaken into their ordinary positions, the Ringdove presents quite a natural appearance; 

 only, as it moves about with its fellows, it looks truly a dove in mourning. The Turki name 

 for this Dove is ' PakhfaJcJ i. e. Fakhtah, a Dove (Persian)." 



Dr. Stoliczka found this Dove at Yarkand on the 24th of May. He writes :— " I took 

 the nest on a pollard willow about seven feet above the ground. The nest is made of a few 

 twigs outside and has a thick lining of cotton-wool inside. It is large and shallow ; eggs two, 

 white." 



270. TURTUR AURITUS. 



Turtur auritus (L.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 278 (1873) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii p 270 

 (1876); Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 177 (1876) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 92; Scully, ibid. p. 585; C.Swinh. 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 117; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 71 ; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 91 • 

 Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 61 (1885) ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 86 (1887) ; Sharpe, Trans Linn 

 Soc. (2) Zool. V. pt. 3, p. 84 (1889). 



Columba turtur (L.) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 68 (1873). 



Turtur vulgaris, Eyton ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 221. 



Peristera turtur, Radde, Ornis, iii. p. 494 (1887). 



No. 1048, juv. Kashghar, December 23, 1873. 



No. 1151. Kashghar, December 16, 1873.— Length 11-7 inches, wing 7, tail 4-5, tarsus 0*8 ; 

 expanse 19-5; bill from front 0*7, from gape 0*85; length of foot 1-9. Iris orange- 

 golden, very narrow; bill blackish; feet carmine-red; naked space round the eye 

 violet-red. Near houses and in low jungle. 



No. 1755. Yarkand, May 15-20, 1874. 



No. 1776. Yarkand, May 23, 1874.— Length 11-7 inches, wing 7*1, tail 4*75, tarsus 1; 

 expanse 20*5 ; bill from front 0-75, from gape 0*9 ; length of foot 1*9, spread 1-75. 

 Iris reddish golden, very narrow ; bill horny black ; feet deep lilac-red. Wings reach 

 within 2 inches of end of tail. '' Torolgha " ( Yarkand) ; '' Urrhak " {Andijani), 



Nos. 1817, 1824. Karghalik, May 30, 1874. 



Dr.^ Henderson says :— " A single specimen of the European Turtle-Dove was obtained at 

 Oi-tograk on the 28th of August. Doves were comparatively rare in Yarkand, and this was 

 the only species observed. The specimen above referred to was a female, and corresponds 

 with European specimens with which Mr. Hume compared it." 



Dr. Scully's note is as follows :—" The Turtle-Dove is a seasonal visitant to the plains of 

 Eastern Turkestan, arriving in May and migrating towards the end of September or the 

 beginning of October ; it was never observed in winter. The Turki name for the Turtle-Dove 

 is ' TurulghuJ evidently a sort of imitation of the bird's coo." 



Dr. Stoliczka found it breeding near Yarkand on the 23rd of May. He fancied that the 

 species had a shorter and deeper call than the European Turtle-Dove. It made a thin nest of 

 a few twigs just like that of the latter bird, and had two white eggs. 



271. TUETUE SENEGALENSIS. 



Columba mgyptiaca, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 68 (1873). 



Turtur senegalensis. Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 222 ; Blanf. East, Persia, ii. p. 270 (1876). 



No. 126. Rhara, Jhelum Valley, July 17, 1873. 



No. 1886. Ohakmak, January 7, 1884. 



