SPILOPELIA. STIGMATOPELIA. 99 



Spilopelia suratensis {Qm.). 

 Turtur suratensis, Layard, Ann. 8r Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) xiv. p. 60 (1854) ; 



Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 705 (1879) ; Oates ed. Sume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. B. 



11. p. 353 (1890) : Salmdori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxi. p. 444 (1893). 

 Spilopelia suratensis, Sharps, Hand-l. i. p. 80 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Spotted Dove are fairly glossy, and measure 

 from -95 to 1-2 in length, and from -75 to -95 in breadth. 



1. Kotegurh, N.W. Himalayas, May. Hume Coll. 



1. Jerripani. Hume Coll. 



3. Mongphoo, Sikhim {J. Gammie). Hume Coll. 



1. Terai, 24tli March. Hume OoU. 



1. Terai, 21st April. Hume Coll. 



1. Terai, 26th April. Hume CoU. 



1. Terai, 2nd May. Hume Coll. 



2. Terai, 11th Sept. Hume Coll. 

 •■'. Lucknow, 21st April. Hume Coll. 



1. Lucknow, 9th Aug. Hume Coll. 



2. Lucknow, 4th Sept. Hume Coll. 

 1. Lucknow, 16th Sept. Hume Coll. 

 1. Bareilly, 28th May. Hume Coll. 

 1. Mundla, 6th April. Hume Coll. 

 1. Nilghiris, May. Hume Coll. 

 1. Kotagherry, Nilghiris, 16th March Hume Coll. 



(Miss Cockhurn). 

 1. Kotagherry, 16th April {Miss Hume CoU. 



Cockburn). 

 1. Kotagherry, 16th May {Miss Hume Coll. 



Cockhurn). 

 ] . Ceylon {E. L. Layard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus STIGMATOPELIA, Sundev. 

 Stigmatopelia seuegaleusis {Linn.). 



Columba senegalensis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 59, tab. xi. fio- 7 



(1845-64). 

 Turtur segyptiacus, Baedeker, Eier Etir. Vog. tab. 67. fig. 11 (1855-63). 

 Columba SBgyptiaca, Bree, Birds Eur. iii. p. 195, pi. — (1867). 

 Turtur senegalensis, Tristram, Ibis, 1868, p. 211; Ayres, Ibis, 1871, 



p. 261 ; Shelley, Birds Egypt, p. 217 (1872) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. 



IV. p. 106, pi. — (1875) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 56 (1876) ; 



Sharpens ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 568 (1876-84) ; Salvadori, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xjd. p. 448 (1893). 

 Stigmatopelia senegalensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. L p. 80 (1899). 



The eggs of the Egyptian Turfcle-Dove have a fair amount of gloss 

 and are very variable in size, measuring from -98 to 1'13 in length, 

 and from -75 to -9 in breadth. 



2. Fuerteventura, Canary Is. Capt. Savile Eeid [P.]. 



■2. Jericho, 18th April (if. 5. Tresf ram). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 1. Egypt, Feb. {S. S. Allen). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Egypt, March (S. S. A.). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



4. Egypt(J:s; C.^-S.-S. A). J. H. Cochrane, Esq. [P.]. 



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