292 COLUMBA Tl RTUR. 



Male. — The bill is slender, shorter than the head, com- 

 pressed towards the end, the nostrils linear, the tumid nasal 

 membrane elongated, the eyes of moderate size, the legs short ; 

 the tarsi stout, with seven large oblique, and two small anterior 

 Bcutella ; the hind toe small, with six, the second with nine, 

 the third with twelve, the fourth with ten scutella ; the claws 

 of moderate lengih, arched, much compressed, and rather acute. 

 The plumage is soft, rather blended, without gloss, the feathers 

 generally ovate. The wings are long and acute ; the second 

 quill longest, the first almost as long, the third a little shorter 

 than the first, the other primaries rapidly diminishing and 

 rounded, the second and third very slightly cut out externally 

 towards the end, all broad, as are the secondaries, which are 

 short and rounded. The tail is long, much rounded, of twelve 

 rather broad rounded feathers. 



The bill is greyish-black, the tip of the upper mandible yel- 

 lowish-brown ; the bare space around the ey-es light red, the 

 irides light orange, the feet carmine-red, the claws black. The 

 upper part of the head and hind-neck is light greyish-blue ; the 

 back greyish-brown, the rump brownish-grey ; the scapulars, 

 small wing-coverts, and inner secondaries, with a central pointed 

 black spot, faintly edged with grey, and having broad light red 

 margins ; the feathers on the edge of the wing, and most of the 

 secondary coverts ash-grey ; the primary quills, their coverts, 

 and the outer secondaries, greyish-brown, with narrow whitish 

 edges ; the tail-feathers are greyish-brown, those towards the 

 sides blackish ; all tipped with white, that colour becoming 

 more extended on the lateral feathers, and occupying the entire 

 outer web of the exterior. On each side of the neck behind is 

 a roundish patch of black, each of the feathers tipped with 

 white. The fore part of the neck, the breast, and the sides, 

 are of a delicate light purplish-red colour, deepest on the lower 

 fore-neck, and fading into ash-grey behind ; the hind part of 

 the sides light greyish blue ; the abdomen and lower tail- 

 coverts white. 



Length to end of tail ll/^ inches; extent of wings 21; 

 wing from flexure 7 ; tail 4| ; bill along the ridge /j, along 

 the edge of lower mandible lO^ twelfths; tarsus {^ ; hind toe 



