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that this species always haunts Toghrak (poplar) jungles, and that the nest is always 
P aced on those trees. The Turki name for this Pigeon is ‘ Ki\gan.' P. eversmanni is 
P r °bably only a seasonal visitant to Kashgharia, migrating in winter.” Dr. Henderson 
Procured a single specimen at Chagra, above the Pangong Lake, at an elevation of 16,000 feet, 
° n 8th of October. 
Genus TURTUR. 
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Turtur STOLiczKiE. (Plate XIY.) 
Turtur stoliczkee, Hume ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 178 (1876). 
Turtur chinensis, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 68 (1873). 
Turtur intercedens, Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 221. 
949. Sanju, November 1, 1873. — Native name “ Pachtak.” 
°- 1309, s . Kashghar, Eebruary 5, 1874. 
Adult male (type of species). General colour above light drab-brown, the sides of the back 
Va shed with pale pearly grey ; wing-coverts pale pearly grey, shaded with brown, the inner, 
and greater coverts being drab-brown like the back ; bastard-wing entirely pearly 
» primary-coverts pearly grey, brown on the inner webs ; quills dusky brown, the 
? lTtUu 'iex grey at the base and edged with whitish, the inner primaries for the most part 
and * a dus ky-hrown shade towards the ends of the feathers, which are fringed with white 
are ashy whitish along the shaft, the secondaries entirely pearly grey, except the inner- 
asp 8 ’ are drab-brown like the back ; upper tail-coverts pale drab-brown, the long ones 
U ext ^ ^ rowids b the ends ; centre tail-feathers drab-brown, shaded with ashy grey, the 
cn.es 2 rev. sbnrlf>fl with hunwn oviovniill v ;> n 3 whit.p, nt tlifi end of the inner web, the 
outer feathers, which are 
r " Dacs grey, shaded with brown externally and white at the end 
dus hy blackish ; the white gradually increasing towards the on 
of. . . 
IOr nearly the terminal half, with a pronounced blackish shade near the base of the 
the f ’ crown °t head light pinkish isabelline, with a black collar round the hind neck, 
yhit 
ia Qer web 
side ea ^ lers °f the nape and lateral black feathers of the collar fringed with pearly grey ; lores, 
S <d face, ear-coverts, cheeks, and under surface of body pinkish isabelline, throat whiter ; 
ll ade ^ and abdomen, sides of body, flanks, and thighs pale pearly grey, darker ashy on the 
and 61 ' taU ' C0Verts > the long coverts being edged with white at the tip ; under wing-coverts 
We b ax htaries white, shaded with pearly grey ; quills below dusky ashy, white on the inner 
‘ t otal length 12-5 inches, culrncn from feathers 0 55, wing 7‘4, tail 5'7, tarsus 0'8. 
race US * S a ^ ar S e f° r m of Turtur risorius which seems to me worthy of recognition as a 
Plai ® cu % gives the following note : — t£ This Dove is one of the commonest birds in the 
(wh S 0!? Eastern Turkestan ; it is at least three times more numerous than Turtur auritus 
al\ v « etl h l tter is in the country), and is a permanent resident throughout the year. It is 
and^? h) he found near villages and houses, perching on trees or running about on the ground 
r ight CJUn ^ U P S' l ’ain and seeds. The birds are very tame, and in winter they would come 
about 1 )? ^' e door °f my room at Yarkand to be fed. A regular colony of these Doves lives 
of ST) . le compound of the Residency at Yarkand, so I could have easily secured any number 
of tj ie ^ neils had I known that the bird was supposed to be a new species. A favourite trick 
Qhked ar hand boys is to capture one of these Doves and smear its feathers all over with soot 
Vith oil. The bird is then allowed to fly away, and after a few days, when the feathers 
