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brown; with these exceptions the whole plumage is vinaceous ruddy^ 
approaching to chestnut on the back and wings^ and most of the plumage 
overlaid with a metallic gloss^ especially strong on the neck. 
The female is of a duller colour^ but does not otherwise differ. 
Legs and feet pale purplish or lake-pink ; horny portion of bill bluish 
white ; rest of bill and gape lake-pink ; irides deep orange or pale yellow ; 
eyelids bright red ; orbital skin purplish pink. [Davison.) 
Length 15 inches, wing 8'5j tail Q, tarsus 1, bill from gape I'l. The 
female is of about the same size. 
Mr. Blyth records this Wood-Pigeon from Arrakan ; and Dr. Jerdon 
gives it from Ramree. I found it sparingly distributed over many parts 
of Pegu, more abundant perhaps near Kyeikpadein than elsewhere ; and 
Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay procured it at Tonghoo. Mr. Davison observed 
it in Tenasserim nearly down to Mergui, and Capt. Bingham in the Thoung- 
yeen valley. 
It occurs in some parts of India and in Ceylon ; and it will probably be 
found in the Indo-Burmese countries. Mr. Hume notes it from Tonka in 
the Malay peninsula ; and this appears to be the southernmost point from 
which it has been recorded. 
This fine Pigeon is met with in well-wooded parts of the country, and it 
feeds on fruits. I found the nest at Kyeikpadein in July, a small structure 
composed of fine twigs, and placed on a branch of a bamboo bush at no 
great height from the ground. This Pigeon apparently lays but one egg, 
which, like those of all Pigeons and Doves, is glossy white. 
Subfamily TURTURIN^. 
Genus TUETUE, Selhy. 
651. TUETUE TIGEINUS. 
THE MALAY SPOTTED DOVE. 
Columba tigrina, Temm. 8f Knip, Pig. i. p. 94, pi. xliii. Turtur tigrina, Hume 
Nests and Eggs, p. 506; id. S. F. i. p. 461, iii. p. 164; Bl. B. Burm. p. 145; 
Armstrong, S. F. iv. p. 337 ; Oates, S. F, v. p. 164 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped. p. 665 ; 
Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 422; iru?ne, S. F. viii. p. 110; Bingham, S. F. ix. 
p. 194 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 235. Spilopelia tigrina, Salvad. Ucc. Bom. p. 296. 
Description. — Male and female. Forehead and cheeks grey ; a dark spot 
in front of the eye ; crown, nape and lower plumage vinaceous, paling on 
the chin, vent and under tail-coverts ; hind neck and sides of the neck 
