j.8. Coljmba Canadenfis, Bin. Sy/l. i. p. *84. N" 30.
CANADA T . X-a Tourterelle de Canada, Brif, ertt. i. p. 118. N? z i.S u / . oif. ii. p. 5jz.
— Pl. til. 176.
Canada Turtle,. ArEt. Zool.
Br. Muf. Lev, Muf.
D escription. 'T ' H I S is a little bigger than the Common t u r t l e : length-
thirteen inches. Bill one inch, and blackilh ; the upper
parts o f the head, neck, back,, and wings, are grey brow n: the
lower part of the back, rump, and upper tail coverts,, alh-colour:
the throat, fore part of the neck, and breaft, grey brown, tinged
with yellowiih : the fides greyilh: ,bell.y and thighs dirty white r
under tail coverts pure w hite: the wing coverts are marked with
blackifh brown fpots: the quills are brown ; the greater ones
have the outer edges yellow iih: tire tail is five inches and a half
long, even at the end j all the feathers of it alh-coloured, tipped
with white, except the two middle ones, which have a large rufous
fpot on the inner web towards the bafe, under which is another
o f a blackilh brown: the legs are red : the claws black.
Female. In the female the feathers of the head, neck, breaft, and upper
part o f the back and wing coverts, are tipped with dirty white,
which gives thofe parts a ftriated appearance,
Pl*ci. T his inhabits C an ada.
ColainSa Pi
p i g e o n . %
Cohimba pafferina, tin . Syjt. i. p. 285, N° 34. — Scop. am. p. iz6.
N° 183,
La petite Tourterelle d’Amerique, Brif. om. i. p. 113. N° 19. pi. 9. f. 1.
Le Cocotzin, Buf. oif. ii. p. 559-
La petite Tourterelle de St. Domingue, Pi. eat. 243. f. I. (the male.)
_______ ,______de la Martinique, PI. enl. 243. f. 2. [the female.)
Turtur indicua feu Cocotzin, &c. Bali Syn. p. 61. 6z. N° 4. 5. 6.
Indian Turtle, Cocotzin, or Lead Barbadoes Turtle, m il. urn. p. 184,
pl. 36..
Ground Dove, Catefb. i. pl. 26. (female.) — Sloan. Jam. ii. p. 305. N° 3Z.
t. 261. f. 1 .— Brown. Jam. p. 469.—Ar£2. Zool.
Br. Muf. Let). Muf.
r T 'H I S is a fmall fpecies, not much exceeding the C refted L a r k
in fize : the length is fix inches and a quarter. T he bill as
pale red, with a blackilh tip, and is (even lines lo n g : the irides
orange: the upper parts of the head and neck are alh-colour: the
back, rump, and upper tail coverts, the fame, but deeper : the
forehead, throat, fore part o f the neck, breaft, Tides, the belly,
and under tail coverts, vinaceous, fpotted with brown on the fore
part of the neck and breaft; the middle of each feather being of
this laft colour : Tome of the wing coverts are of a deep alh-
colour ; others vinaceous, marked with glofify green fpots; beneath
rufous: the quills are likewife rufous, but on the outer
■ edges and tips blackilh: the two middle tail feathers are deep
alh-colour; the others blackilh: the legs red : the claws
blackilh.
The f em a le differs from the male merely in being every way
more dilute in colour.
Thefe inhabit the warmer parts o f Am e r ica , and the iflands
contiguous thereto j chiefly between the tropics, though fome-
4 P 2 ' times
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D escription*
Female*
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