162 COLUMB^. 



The Eastern Turtle-Dove has been recorded more than once as an 

 accidental visitor to Scandinavia^ and an example was shot at Scar- 

 borough in the autumn of 1889. In all these cases the birds were 

 in first autumn plumage. 



143. TUETUR RISORITJS. 



(COMMON INDIAN DOVE.) 



Columha risoria, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 285 (1766). 



The Common Indian Dove is less than the Eastern Turtle-Dove 

 (wing from carpal joint 7 to 6| inches). It may easily be distin- 

 guished from the other Japanese Columbse by its uniform brownish- 

 grey scapulars and tertials. 



Figures; Jardine's Nat. Libr., PigeonSj pi. 17; Dresser, Birds of 

 Europe, vii. pi. 464. fig. 2. 



The Common Indian Dove is a summer visitor to Southern Japan, 

 but has not been recorded from Yezzo (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1876, p. 334). 

 There is an example in the Swinhoe collection from Yokohama 

 (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1877, p. 145), and there are three in the Pryer col- 

 lection from the same locality. 



The Common Indian Dove has a wide distribution from Turkey 

 and Asia Minor across India, Ceylon, Burma, and China, to Japan ; 

 and Schrenck records a single example from the Lower Amoor. It 

 must be regarded as a tropical species whose summer range extends 

 to the extreme south of the Palsearctic Region. 



144. TURTUR HUMILIS. 

 (CHINESE RED DOVE.) 



Columba humilis, Temminck, Planches Colorizes, nos. 258, 259 (1824). 



The Chinese Red Dove is a small bird (wing from carpal joint 

 about 5^ inches). Its wing-coverts, scapulars, and tertials are 

 vinous-red. 



The Chinese Red Dove has very small claims to be regarded as a 

 Japanese bird. An example was obtained by Mr. Owston from a 

 dealer at Yokohama, who asserted that it had been shot in the 

 neighbourhood (Seebohm, Ibis, 1884, p. 179). The skin is in my 



