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COLLARED
D sscriptxc
F emale.
Place*
, Columba riroria, Lin. Syjl. i, p. 285. N° 3$.~—Scop. anti. i. p. 125. N® 182*
* — Frifch. t. 141.
La Touter«lle a Collier, Brif. om. i. p. 95. N° 8. — Buf. otf. ii, p. 55CL
pi. 26.—PI. enl. 244.
Turtur indicus Aldrov. Rail Syn. p. 61. N° 3.
Indian Turtle, Will. orn. p. 184.— Albin. iii. pi. 45.
Lev. Muf.
'• ' J T I I S is a trifle bigger than the laft. The bill is blackifh.
irides fine red : the upper parts of the head and neck, the
back, and wing coverts, are of a rufous or reddilh white, nearly
Cream-colour: the fore part of the neck and breaft white, with a
vinaceous tinge: the reft of the under parts white : the rump is
greyilh brown : the quills the fame, with whitilh edges : tail cinereous
; the two middle feathers plain; the others tipped with
white; and the outer one white on the outer edge: the hind
part of the neck marked with a collar of black feathers : the legs
are red: the claws brown.
The female differs from the male in having the colours lefs
vivid, and inclines to grey.
This, inhabits India; but is a bird common to France, and
other parts of the European continent * : but I do not hear of it
at large in England.
* Some think as far as S*widcn; but I think Linnaus's words do not juftify
this. He fays, “ Habitat in India, nobis communis Turtur; ” by which I lhould
think he only means, that it is every where kept in cages, as with us in
England. It is not mentioned in his Fauna Suecica.
P I G E O "N .
T,a Tourterelle grife de la Chine, Sin. Voy. Ind. vdl. ii. p. 1 ?0. pi i'oa.
n p H I S is the fize of the laft., Bill black : irides red : top
' of the head grey ; back part of it deep vinaceous grey :
round the eyes the feathers are white : fore part of the neck,
breaft, and belly, very pale reddilh vinaceous grey; the feathers
on the hind part of the neck are in fhape of an heart reverfed, the
colour of them black, forming a broad crefcent, and have on
each fide a round fpot of white : the wings, back, and rump, are
dirty brown : the quills black : -the two middle tail feathers are
brown ; the others are black half-way, and white from thence to
the end : the under tail coverts are-very pale reddilh grey: the
legs are yellow.
Inhabits China.
I have likewife feen it in fome drawings, which fpeeified that it
was a native of Madras.
La Tourterelle mulet, Sri). cm. i. p. 97. A.
r p H I S is a mixed breed, between the Common and Collared
Turtles. The head, neck, and breaft, are vinaceous: back
dull reddilh alh-colour: belly, beneath the wings, and tip of the
tail, as in the laft-mentioned bird r the quills are brown: the
legs blood red.
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V a s . A.
CHINESE
GREY T .
D e s c r i p t i o n .
Place.
42.
V a r . B .
HYBRIDAL T .
D e s c r i p t i o n *