STRIATED T.
D ischiptiow*
Pu c e .
BARRED T.
BsseaiçTioH.
Columba linica, Lin. Syjl.i. p. 284. N° 28.
i. La Tourterelle rayée de la Chine,. Brif. or«: i. p. 107. N® 16. — S of. oif. ü..
P- SS6- I
Dove from China, Altin. iii. pl. 46,
g I Z E of the Collared 'Turtle. The bill is blueilh alh-colour :
irides white : the top o f the head alh-colour : cheeks and
Tides of the neck yellow; the tips of the feathers on the laft red,
which colour is feparated from the upper part of the neck by a
longitudinal band of blue : the hind part of the head, the upper
part o f the neck, the back, rump, and upper tail coverts, are
brown, tranlVerfely marked with narrow black arcuated bands :
the bread, belly, fides, and thighs, are role-colour : the lelTer wing
coverts are pale brown, varied with a black and white tranfverfe
mark near the tip of each feather: the other coverts are black»-
with white tips : quills black, with white edges : the tail, of a
palilh brown : the legs red j and the claws white.
This bird inhabits China:
Columba ßriataj hin. Syß. i. p. 282. N° i8:.
La-Tourterelle rayée des Indes, B riß orn, i. p. 109. N? 17. — Bnf, oiß ii,;
P- 5*7 v
TranlVerfe-vftriped or barred Dove, Echo. pl. 16.
Br, Muß Le«z*. Muß.
T HI S i s a trifle lefs than our Turtle the length is nine
inches and a half. The bill three quarters o f an inch long,,
and of a pale horn-colour : the noftrils pale blue: irides blue
grey : the eyes placed in a bare white Ikin, which paffes to the
noftrils: the forehead, cheeks, and throat, are pale blue:; the top
3 ofof
the head and hind head incline to rufous: the upper part of
the neck, the back, and wing coverts, are brownilh alh-colour,
marked with tranfverfe arcuated black bands: the rump the
fame, but not banded : the fides of the neck and the body verge
to blue, c'rolfed with blue black tranfverfe (lender lines : fore part
of the neck, bread, belly, and thighs, tinged with rofe-colour :
the under tail coverts white: legs pale red: claws brown.
■ Inhabits the Eafi Indies and China. Called by the Chinefe, Pmcs.
Fowat.
Columba cyaftocephala, L!«. Syfi. i. p. 282. N® 20. 43,
La Tourterelle de la Jamaïque, Br if. orn. i. p- 135. N® 32. pl. 13. f. 1. *— BLLJE-HEADED
Buf. oif. ii. p. 558.—P l. ont. 174.
T-urtle Dove from Jamaica, Albin, ii. pl. 49*
g I Z E of the Common Pigeon: length eleven inches. The bill
is near an inch in length, red at the bafe, and alh-coloured at
the point: the crown of the head antf the throat are blue; this
colour defcends a little way down the middle of the fore part of
the neck; beneath which the feathers are black, and on fome of
them is a tranfverfe ftripe of white: from the lower jaw to the
hind part of the head is a ftripe of white, palling under the eye 1
the hind part of the neck, back, rump, wing and tail coverts,
vinaceous brown : the fore part of the neck (except juft down the
middle, as above-mentioned) and the breaft, are of a fine vinaceous
colour : the belly, fides, thighs, and under tail coverts,
the fame, but inclining to rufous: the quills are brown, with the
outer edges rufous,: the tail dulky alh-colour above, and blackilh
beneath: the legs and claws are red.
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