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Genus MELOPELIA, Bp. 



Melopelia leucoptera {Linn.). 



Melopelia leucoptera, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. 

 p. 376 (1874) ; Bendire, Life Hist. N. A. Birds, i. p. 145, pi. xi. 

 %. 23 (1892) ; Salmdori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 392 (1893) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 77 (1899). 



Three eggs of the White-winged Dove in the Collection measure 

 respectively : 1-25 by -91 ; 1-27 by -85 ; 1-19 by '85 j and are 

 moderately glossy. 



'2. N. America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. N. America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sub-Family TURTURINiE. 

 Genus TURTUR, &%. 



TurtTir turtur (Linn.). 



Golumba turtur, Thien. Fortjifianz. ges. Vog. p. 58, tah. xi. fig. 5 (1845-64) ; 



Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 275, pi. Ixvii. fig. iv (1856). 

 Turtur auritua, Baedeker, Bier Mir. Vog. tab. 67. flg. 8 (1855-63) ; Salvin, 



Ibis, 1859, p. 318 ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 411, pi. 17 (1884) ; 



id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 159, pi. 47. fig. 2 (1896). 

 Turtur vulgaris. Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 39 (1876). 

 Turtur turtur, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. Ill ; Sahadori, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xxi. p. 396 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 77 (1899). 



The eggs of the Turtle-Dove are moderately glossy, and measure 

 from 1-1 to 1'25 in length, and from -85 to -95 in breadth. 



6. Cambridgeshire F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Oolefall Wood, Finchley (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Caen Wood, Hampstead (O. &). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Suffolk {J. H. Morse). ■ Seebohm Coll. 



2. VaUtenswaard, Holland, 12th May Seebohm Coll. 



(H. T. Wharton 8f H. Seebohm). 



2. Valkenswaard, 24th May {H. T. W. Sf Seebohm Coll. 



B. 8.). 



2. Elbouf Forest, France {Noury). Seebohm Coll. ' 



2. Dorpat, Baltic Provs. (Bussow). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Stolp, Pomerania, 16th June ( T. Hoi- Seebohm Coll. 



land). 



2. Stolp, 16th June (T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



.1, Ain Djendeli, Algeria, May (0. iSa?- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



vin). 



5. Fao,' Persian Gulf, 16th May. W. D. Gumming, Esq 



2. Fao,. 22nd May. ' W. D. Gumming, Esq. 



3. Jask, Gulf of Oman, April. S. Butcher, Esq. [P.]. 



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