Family COLUMBID^E. Genus Turtur. 



EASTERN TURTLE DOVE. 



TURTUR ORlENTALlS—{Zatkam). 



Geographical Distribution. ^5n'A>^ .• A single example 

 of this species has been obtained in the British Islands in York- 

 shire. On the 23rd of October, 1889, an example in the plumage 

 of the first autumn (without the pied patches on the neck) was 

 shot at a small stream running from Oliver's Mount, near Scar- 

 borough. The specimen was exhibited at a meeting of the Zoo- 

 logical Society of London. See I'ro/:. Zool. Soc. 1890, p. 361. 

 Foreign : The Eastern Turtle Dove is almost as great a stranger 

 in Continental Europe, but it has been twice recorded (in im- 

 mature plumage) from Northern Scandinavia. It inhabits India, 

 South-east Siberia, China, and Japan. 



Allied Forms. — See remarks on the allied forms of the 

 Turtle Dove. 



Time during which the Eastern Turtle Dove may be 



taken. — August ist to March ist; otherwise by authority of 

 owner or occupier of land. 



Habits. — In its habits and economy the Eastern Turtle Dove 

 does not differ very much from its European ally. 



Diagnostic Characters. — Turtur, with the under tail 

 coverts and the pale tips to the rectrices slate-gray. Length, 

 12 inches. 



