300 



Mussoorie, and Alraovah about the beginning of November, and remain throughout the winter, 

 leaving about the middle of April. 



In Turkestan, where it was met with by Dr. Severtzoff, it appears to be tolerably common, 

 and, according to Mr. Pleske (Rev. Turk. Orn. p. 45), " breeds on the Iskander-kul, and was 

 observed at Baissun and Derbent in the Western Tian-shan. Russoff received eggs, taken on 

 the 4th and 6th June, from the Urjukle-tau, near Saamin. They are white and resemble those 

 of C. palumhus." 



Like its western ally, the Eastern Ring-Dove builds a loosely constructed nest, which 

 is placed on a tree, and lays two white eggs. According to Mr. A. O. Hume (Nests and Eggs of 

 Ind. B. 2nd ed. ii. p. 347), Captain Unwin took a nest containing two nearly fresh eggs in the 

 Agrore Valley, at an elevation of perhaps 2500 feet. The nest was a loosely built twig platform, 

 placed on a branch of a fir-tree near the trunk, about 30 feet from the ground. Col. C. H. T. 

 Marshall found this Pigeon breeding in the valley of the Jhelum, at low elevation, in dense 

 thorny jungles ; and Capt. Cock, who found it nesting near Murree in June, says that the nests 

 were placed on bushes or small trees, never at any great height, 12 feet above the ground being 

 about the average. 



The eggs, according to Mr. Hume, resemble those of Columba palunibus, but are, as a rule, 

 rather smaller, varying from T53 to l - 65 inch in length and from T06 to T2 in breadth. 



The specimen figured is the one above described, and is in my own collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined, besides the series in the British 

 Museum, the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. U. Dresser. 



a, (J ad. Tian-shan, May 1889 {Pevtzoff). b. Koteghur, India, March 15th, 1871 [A. O. Hume). 



E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 

 a. Cheer Forest, May 20th, 1870; b. Cashmere (G. Henderson) . 



