BIRDS OF THE IFDIAF EMPIRE. 
835 
1729 . (1300) 
Alsocomus torringtonii. The Ceylon Wood- 
Pigeon. 
Palumbus torringtonii Bona}^. Gonsp. Qen, Av., u. 
p. 42 (1854), {Ceylon). 
Ceylon only. 
1730 . (1301) 
Alsocomus pulchricollis. The Ashy Wood- 
Pigeon. 
Columba pulchricollis Hodgs. in Gray's Zool Misc., 
p. 85 (1844), (il^ey)al). 
Eastern Himalayas from Nepal to Shan States. 
1731 . (1302) 
Alsocomus puniceus. The Purple Wood-Pigeon. 
Alsocomus puniceus Tick., Blyth, J. A. S. B., xi., 
p. 461 (1842), (Chyebassa). 
N. E. India to Burma, Shan States, Yunnan, 
Cochin China, Siam to Malay Pen. 
1732 . (1303) 
Alsocomus palumboides. The Andamanese 
Wood-Pigeon . 
Carpophaga palumboides Hume, S.. F. i., p. 302 
(1873), {Andamans). 
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 
*1733- (1306) 
Streptopelia turtur turtur. The Turtk-lJove. 
Columba turtur Linn., S. N., i., p. 164 (1758), 
{England, Willoughby). 
? One specimen from Quetta. 
1734 . (1306) 
Streptopelia turtur arenicola. The Persian 
Turtle-Dove. 
Turtur turtur arenicola Harterf, Nov. Zool., 1894, 
p. 42 {Persia). 
Straggler into N. W. India. 
1735- (1304) 
Streptopelia orientalis orientalis. The Rufous 
Turtle-Dove. 
Columba orientalis Lath., Ind. Orn., ii., p. 606 
(1790), {China). 
E. Siberia, China, Japan to Tibet, Nepal and' 
Sikkim. 
1736 . (1305) 
Streptopelia orientalis meena. The Indian 
Rufous Turtle-Dove. 
Columba meena Sykes, P. Z. S., 1832, p. 149 
{Deccan'^. 
Breeding Himalayas and Central Asia. Winter 
almost all India. Ceylon. 
* Ear ter t has dealt fully with this t;enu 8 both in his Vog. Pal. xi., p. H8S 
(1920) and in Not. Zool. 
