"Named Document Replication" does not replicate the "_deleted" revision

I would like to use "Named Document Replication" to replicate changes on a number of docs. I expect ALL changes of those docs to be replicated from source-db (test1) towards the target-db (test2).

as-is:
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If a document changes its revision because of a "normal" modification, it works perfectly and fast.
If a document (hdb1) changes its revision because of its deletion, the replicator logs an error. The document in my target-database remains alive.

couch.log: [error] [<0.6676.3>] Replicator: error accessing doc hdb1 at http://vm-dmp-del1:5984/test1/, reason: not_found

i expected:
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... "Named Document Replication" to mark a document as deleted in the target-db if it has been deleted in the source-db.