TUHTUR. 665 



^SimilY—COLUMBID^. 



Genus Turtite, Selby. 

 178. TuRTUB, TiGRiNA, Temminck. 



Columba tigrim (t)., Temminck, Knip's Pig. t. i, p. 94, pi. xliii, 1811; Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc, 



vol. xiii, p. 183, 1821 ; Schleg., Handl. Dierk., t. i, p. 404, 1857. 

 TMrfer c/«»mm (pt.), Bonap. Consp., t. ii, p. 63, 1854; Gray, List, Spec, B. M., vol. iv. Col., 



p. 42, 1856; Gray, Handl., vol. ii, p. 238, 1870. 

 Turturtigrina,'R.(M,., Columb., p. 63, pi. 246, figs. 1361-62, ea. 1861; Scl., Proc. Zool. Soc, 



1863, p. 221; Wall, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1863, p. 486; id., Ibis, 1865, p. 391; Walden, Trans! 



Zool. Soc, vol. viii, p. 85, 1872; id.. Ibis, 1872, p. 381; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 80; 



Hume, t. c, p. 461 ; Scbleg., M. P.-B. Col., p. 127, 1873; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 506^ 



1873; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 269; id., t. c, p. 481; Elanford & Walden, Journ. As! 



Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, extra No., p. 145, 1875; Briiggem., Abh. Ver., Brem., V, p., 1876 ; 



Armstrong, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 337; Gates, t. c, 1877, p. 164. 

 %'foj9ei??« %«««, Sund., Meth. Nat. Av. Disp. Tent., p. 100, 1873; Salv., Ucc Born., p. 296, 



1874 ; id., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 



a. g. Upper Burma, 14th and 21st January 1868, 28th July, and 7th October 1868. 



h. i. Ava, 4th October 1868. 



J. Yaylaymaw, 5th January 1875. 



k. Katha, 19th January 1868. 



I. r. Bhamo, February and September 1868. 



s. Tapeng, 1st March 1868. 



t. V. Ponsee, 14th, 15th, and 16th March 1868. 



w. Momien, Yunnan, 5th June 1868. 



Very common along the Irawady to Bhamo, less so on the Kakhyen hills, but 

 very plentiful in the Sanda valley. I did not observe a single dove in the treeless 

 Nantia valley, but a few are found at Momien, in the gardens inside the city and 

 in those attached to the Chinese monasteries outside the walls. Blyth has clearly 

 indicated the differences which exist between this species and T. suratemis and 

 T. chinensis. " It wants the pale vinaceous spots on the scapularies and wings of 

 T. suratensis, whilst it retains the black mesial streaks which are wanting in T. 

 chinensis. There is much less ash on the wings than in T. suratensis, but it is of 

 the same size as the latter, or much smaller than T. chinensis, Scop., which last 

 has also deep ash-coloured lower tail- coverts. " Many of my specimens, however, 

 are quite as large as two specimens of T. chinensis in the Indian Museum. The 

 average of 21 measurements of the wings, tarsi, &c,j of T. tigrina are as follows : — 



Wing 6"; tail 6"; tarsus 0"-83; gape 0"- 83. 



179. TuRTTJR MEENA, Sykes. 



Columba meena, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 149. 



Turtur meena, Bonap. Consp., G. Av., t. ii, p. 60, 1857; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 467, 1864; 

 Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxix, p. 272, 1870 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, 



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