THE INDIAN RING-DOVE. 
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Tliis Dove frequents much the same localities as the last^ but is by no 
means so common. It is, however^ observed on the higher hills^ where 
T. tigrinus is absent or very rarely seen. It has the usual habits of the 
Turtle Doves^ feeding on the ground in pairs or singly^ and flying into trees 
when disturbed. 
653. TURTUR RISORIUS. 
THE INDIAN RING-DOVE. 
Cplumba risoria, Linti. Syst. •Nat. i. p. 285. Turtur risorius, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 
p. 481; Htmie, Nests and Eggs, p. 506; id. 8. F. iii. p. 1G5 ; Wald. inBl. B. 
Burm. p. 146 ; Dresser., Birds Eur. vii. p. 51, pi. ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, 
p. 387 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped. p. 666 ; Cripps, S. F. vii. p. 297 ; Legge, Birds 
Ceylon, p. 702 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 110 ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 235. 
Description. — Male and female. The whole head^ neck and lower plumage 
pale vinaceous ; a black collar on the hind neck, with a little white above 
and below it ; upper plumage, tertiaries and wing-coverts light brown ; 
edge of the wing ashy ; secondaries ashy brown ; primaries black narrowly 
edged with whitish ; lower abdomen, vent and under tail-coverts dark 
ashy; sides of body and under wing-coverts lighter ashy; central tail- 
feathers light brown, the others more or less dark grey on the basal halves 
and light grey on the terminal halves. 
Bill black ; iris red ; eyelids and skin of the face yellow ; legs blood-red ; 
claws horn-colour. 
Length I3'5 inches, tail 5-5, wing 6*5, tarsus 1, bill from gape '9. The 
female is of about the same size. 
The Ring-Dove was obtained near Thayetmyo by both Capt. Feilden and 
myself; but it appears to be very rare, for I only met with it on one occa- 
sion ; and it has not yet been procured elsewhere in British Burmah. 
Dr. Anderson observed it in Independent Burmah near Bhamo ; and it 
occurs in China, Japan and South-eastern Siberia. It is universally distri- 
buted over India and Ceylon, extending westwards into Europe. 
This Dove frequents cultivated ground, being found in small flocks, as 
well as singly and in pairs. In India it breeds pretty nearly all the year 
through, making the usual flimsy nest of a Dove on low trees and shrubs, 
and laying two eggs. 
