F r G E 0- N.
Place. This bird inhabits Jamaica^ and the warmer parts of the American
continent.
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SURAT T..
D escription.
La Tourterelle de.Surate, Son. Voy. Ind. vol. ii. p. 179'
Q I’ Z E of the Collared T u rtle. Bill black : irides red : head
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and. fore part-- of the neck vinous grey : breaft, belly, and
thigh's, the fame,, but paler : the feathers-on the top of. the neck,
behind are black, tipped by a white band ; on the lower part
black, alfo,, but tipped by a rufous band : wing coverts pale alh
grey,.each feather ftreaked with black down, the lhaft,.and widens
as .it approaches the tip. 1 quills black 1 back, rump, .and;
tail, deep dirty grey : under tail coverts white : legs red.
Inhabits Surat, in the E'aJI Indies.
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CAMBAYAN T,
La Tourterelle gfife de Surate, Sim Voy. Ind. vol. ii. p. i8o.~
Description. C I Z E of.the; laft. Bill black: irides red : head pale vina-*
ceous grey; the feathers on-the fore part of the- neck are black
for two thirds of their length, and of a pale rufous the reft: the
hind part oftthe.neck, and back dirty grey: the wing coverts cinereous
grey ; the quills blaek-: the two middle tail feathers are
dirty grey;, the others half black half grey : the belly, thighs*,
and under tail eoverts, are white: legs red.:
Place. Inhabits- Surat,, and other parts-of the province- o f ‘Cambay a . .
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MALABAR T.
t a Tourterelle de la Cote de Malabar, Son. Vby. Ind.;vo\, ii. p. 180..
D rS6RIPTJ01P. O I Z E of the Collared. 'Turtle. Bill and irides red. the head/
back, and: wings, ate of;a pale cinereous grey: the neck;
and j
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and' bread light vinaceous grey : the middle, wing coverts
marked with oval fpots : the two middle tail feathers grey ; t e
others black for two thirds of their length, and from thence to
the end white: the belly is white : the legs red. • Plac5,_
Inhabits -the coaft of Malabar.
Columba vlridis, Lin. Syfl. i. p- 283., N 23. . GREEN T.
LaTourterelle verte d’Amboine, Brif. orn. 1. p. 152. N 431 F^* 5'
Le Turvert, Buf. oif. U. p. 555. 1 " Efpece.
La Tourterelle a gorge pourpre.d’Amboine, Pl. cn!. 142. •
T E N G T H ' feven inches and three quarters. T h e b il l is D e s c r i p t i o n .
^ red and eight lines long : the fore part o f the head and thethroat
are afh-coloured : - the. hind p a« o f the head and neck, the
back, rump, upper ta il and wing coverts, breaft, belly, Tides, and
thighs, green gold, gloffed. with co p p e r : the fore part o f the neck,.
a:beautiful v io le t purple : the greater wing coverts above have the.
outer edges at the tip brimftone; the under wing coverts alh-colour:
the qui l ls are-blackilh, with the outer edges and tips o f the fame
colour as the body;, the tail is blue green, gloffed with copper j
the two middle feathers are plain, and verge to blackilh on the
inner webs * the others are all tipped with brimftone, beneath
they all appear blackilh, with the tips o f a dirty wh ite ; and theunder
tail coverts are o f a greenilh white : the legs are red, .and
half-covered with feathers 4 the claws grey brown.
Inhabits th e ifland- oiAm boina. Ptac«,.
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