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coverts grey-blue ; tail : central pair dark brown tinged grey, rest 

 black with grey-blue tinge and white tips, longer on outer feathers 

 and outermost pair with outer webs all white ; wing-feathers dark 

 brown, very narrowly margined whitish, outer webs of primaries 

 slightly and of secondaries more decidedly tinged grey-blue ; 

 primary-coverts brown -black tinged blue -grey ; all outer wing- 

 coverts along edge of wing 

 blue - grey, rest of wing- 

 coverts, innermost second- 

 aries and scapulars black 

 with wide and conspicuous 

 margins of rufous -cinnamon, 

 these becoming narrower and 

 black centres more con- 

 spicuous in worn plumage. 



The Turtle-Voxe (Streptopelia t. turtur). Adult. This plumage IS acquired by 



partial moult of body -feathers 

 in summer quarters July-Sept., and completion with moult of 

 wing^athers, wing-coverts and tail in Africa. N.B. — Only two 

 winter adults available, one adult Sennaar Dec. is in full moult, 

 another Gambia undated is just completing moult. 



Nestling. — Like that of Wood-Pigeon but down slightly paler 

 straw-colour. 



Juvenile. — Fore-head brownish-grey ; rest of head and neck 

 brown, more or less tinged grey ; feathers on sides of neck, in area 

 of patches in adult, more blue-grey and some with small brown- 

 black centres ; mantle rufous -brown, lower feathers very narrowly 

 tipped sandy-buff ; scapulars same but with more prominent buff 

 tips and rufous edgings ; back, rump and upper tail-coverts dark 

 brown, feathers very narrowly tipped grey or grey-blue, sides of 

 rump with varying amount of grey-blue feathers ; sides of head, 

 chin and throat pale brownish-grey ; breast rather darker and 

 feathers tipped yellowish-buff ; flanks, axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts rather paler blue-grey than adult ; rest of under -parts 

 white ; tail as adult but central feathers browner and when fresh 

 with small rufous tips ; wing-feathers as adult but edged and tipped 

 rufous and secondaries with only a tinge of blue -grey ; primary- 

 coverts tipped rufous ; blue-grey outer wing-coverts much duller 

 than adult and tinged rufous, median and lesser tipped buff, rest of 

 wing-coverts and innermost secondaries edged rufous and tipped buff. 



First winter. — Apparently as adult when completely moulted. 

 The juvenile body -plumage and wing-coverts and sometimes 

 primaries commence to moult in summer quarters Aug. -Sept. but 

 moult is apparently completed in Africa. N.B. — Only one winter 

 example examined (Sennaar, Dec.) was in full moult including 

 primaries. 



Measurements and structure. — <$ wing 170-180 mm., tail 96- 

 112, tarsus 23-24, bill from feathers 17-19 (12 measured). ? wing 

 166-175. Primaries : 1st narrow, pointed and about half primary- 



