228 A HAND-BOOK OF THE MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS 



(100) THE INDIAN BLUE-BOCK PIGEON. 

 (COLUMBA INTERMEDIA— Strickl.) 

 Hindi — Kabutar. Bengali — Goh-Paira* 

 Very common and abundant throughout India. 

 Hab. — India, including the Himalayas, Assam, Burmah and 

 Ceylon ; more common in open countries and in and near villages and 

 towns than in forest tracts. 



Length of life in captivity. 



Although there is no record of individual specimens, the blue-rock 

 pigeons have been known to live long in this garden. 



(101) THE WHITE-BELLIED PIGEON. 

 (COLUMBA LEUCONOTA— Vig.) 



Description. — Head and face dull or ashy black ; back of neck 

 white; back light brownish grey; wings also the same colour; rump 

 white ; the primaries tipped with dull black ; the secondaries tipped 

 dusky ; tertiaries barred with dusky bands and tipped grey ; belly 

 white ; bill black ; irides yellow; legs red ; total length about 14 inches. 



Hab. — North- West Himalayas. A specimen said to be from 

 Sikhim has lately been obtained. 



Length of life in captivity. 



A little over three years. Although inhabitants of very high 

 altitudes, the specimens exhibited did not appear to suffer much during 

 the hot weather. 



(102) THE DAKJEELING WOOD-PIGEON. 

 (PALUMBUS PULCHRICOLLIS— Hodgs.) 



Description.— Total length about 14 inches ; general colour dusky 

 grey ; light ashy about the head and cheeks ; sides of the neck glossed 

 green and purple ; its distinctive characteristic consists of a patch of 

 feathers on the neck, black at the base, isabelline at the edges, and 

 white at the tips ; throat whitish ; breast green and purple; bill yellow 

 at the tip ; irides yellow ; legs dull red. 



Hab.— Nepal, Sikhim, and South-Eastern Himalayas generally. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 A specimen obtained in 1880 lived for a few months only. 



