to luch a degree, that they are feen ftanding on the fhoulders o f
the rowers, watching for a vacant place where they might fill
their crops in turn *„
I believe this to be fufficiently common in China, and' various,
parts o f India, as I have met with drawings of both, it, and the
Spotted-necked, from thence feveraL times, In Sir JoJeph Banks's,
colleftion is one from the firft-named, which feems a trifle larger
than our Britijh fpecimens, and’ the colour much higher,, though*
identically the lame in every other particular.
44* Barred-tail Pigeon, Gen. Sjw. iv. p. 650. 3ST° \\\
BARRED-TAIL. Columba ftriata, Jaeq. Vog. p. 32. pi; 15.
IS is frequent at Malacca-, alfo in great plenty in the ifland!
o f St. Helena. Jacquin likewife records it among, the birds»
inhabiting the neighbourhood o f Venetzuela, in South America1
45, Blue-leaded Turtle, Gen. Syr., iv. p. 651.
BLUE-HEADED Columbu cyanocephala, ‘Jacq. Fog. p. 36; N03o. 1 . 17,
' J ’ H I S is very common in the ifland of Cuba, where it is caught
in traps, and brought into the markets in quantities for eating.
It may be kept tame, but will not propagate in that Hate,,
having been tried-in an aviary, without effeft, for fome time.,
$9*• Ground Turtle, Gen. Syn. iv. p. 659. N° 59.—Arft. Zool.'iu N° 197;..
4- GROUND T» Golumha pajTerina, Jacq. Vog. p. 32.
^ H I S fpecies is plentiful.in all thz Carilbee IJlandsy where.it jj*
common at every table, being much efteemed. It frequents
Mem. of ibe Baron de Toil,
ftony places, under the bufhes. The French call it Ortolan-, the
Englifh, Ground Dove-, the Dutch, Steen Duifje-, and the Spaniards,
Palomito. The voice is plaintive and weak, very like that o f our
Turtle. At Carthagena, on the South American continent, are fome
varieties bigger than others, having few brown fpots, and the
belly notfcalloped j and others with the belly fcalloped in a different
manner from the others. It will propagate in a ftate o f
domefticity, the circumftance having been tried at Vienna.
Columba corenlis, Jacq. Vog. p. 31. N® 25.
e l Z E of the Common Pigeon. The eyes are red, furrounded
° with a naked fit in fpotted with black : general colour o f the
body grey : the feathers on the lower part of the neclc appear
changeable in different lights, as if fcalloped, though really not
o f different colours: the tail even at the end.
Inhabits Coro, in the diftrift o f Venetzuela, in South America. Is
prized by the inhabitants for food, being eaten young.
O I Z E o f the Common Pigeon. Bill flout, dufky; edges pale :
head and neck olive yellow: between the neck and back alh-
colour: back and wing coverts olive j the leffer cpverts pale purple
; greater coverts and fecondaries ftriped longitudinally with
black and white : the prime quills are black, but the outer edges
o f the three firft are white : breaft and belly pale afh: lower part
o f the tail olive green ; the end dufky: legs pale orange yellow.
Inhabits India. Lady Impey.— It feems much allied to the
Pompadour Pigeon, N° 12.
60. et.
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