. Indian pigeons and doves . ukor, Malayan; Gyo, Gyo-le-byouk, Burmese ;Daotu, Cachari; Inruigu, Naga.; Vohkurup, Kuki. Description.—Adult male. Similar to S. s. suratensis, but differingin the following respects: The rufous spots on the upper-back are absent,and those on the wing-coverts, scapulars, and innermost secondaries areeither wholly wanting or are only faintly shown; the vinaceous spots on thewing are absent, though the outer webs of the median coverts are more orless a pale vinous-brown. The grey greater coverts of surateiisis, are replacedby pale vinous-brown with merely grey edges
. Indian pigeons and doves . ukor, Malayan; Gyo, Gyo-le-byouk, Burmese ;Daotu, Cachari; Inruigu, Naga.; Vohkurup, Kuki. Description.—Adult male. Similar to S. s. suratensis, but differingin the following respects: The rufous spots on the upper-back are absent,and those on the wing-coverts, scapulars, and innermost secondaries areeither wholly wanting or are only faintly shown; the vinaceous spots on thewing are absent, though the outer webs of the median coverts are more orless a pale vinous-brown. The grey greater coverts of surateiisis, are replacedby pale vinous-brown with merely grey edges in tigrtTia. Below the chin is less albescent and often almost concolorous with thebreast; there is less albescent on the abdomen, which with the under tail-coverts is often a fulvous-vinous with no white at all. Measurements. On an average the Burmese Spotted Dove is decidedlybigger than the Indian bird. Total length about 13 in. ( = 330 mm.), in. ( = mm.) to in. ( = mm.), and with an average of. UJ O Q QUJHHOQ-00 > < X MALAY SPOTTED DOVE 211 in. ( = mm.), as against an average of in. ( =141 mm.) inthe largest local form of the Indian bird. The bill is also slightly larger, being .65 in. ( = mm.) from the frontagainst .55 in. ( = 14 mm.) in the Indian Spotted Dove, and about .9 in.( = mm.) from the gape. Colours of soft parts. Iris reddish-brown, or bright hazel with a reddishouter-ring; bill dark homy or slaty-brown, sometimes nearly black ; edgesof eyelid and narrow bare orbital-skin reddish-lake; legs and feet dull red,reddish-purple, or deep coral-red. The Sumbawa birds are said to have the irides pale bright yellow(Guillem, 1885, p. 510) and the birds from Menado and Talisse islandsbrown ones (Buttik., Notes Leyd. Mus., IX p. 76). Female. Similar to the male. Measurements. A trifle smaller than the male with an average wing-measurement of about in. ( = 141 mm.) and the other measurements inproportion
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