642 APPENDIX. 



" Size of a Turtle ; length ten inches ; general colour of the 

 plumage deep reddish brown, a little paler on the breast ; from 

 thence all beneath is pale reddish white ; the eye is brown, placed 

 in a bare bluish-white skin ; the bill black, a trifle bent at the end ; 

 the nostrils apparent, but not protuberant ; the quills are deep 

 brown ; on the lesser coverts, three or four marks of blackish purple ; 

 tail short, cuneiform, the feathers rather pointed at the ends ; the 

 two middle feathers black-brown, with a bar of black about three 

 quarters of an inch from the end ; the others brown, but white for 

 about one inch next the tip, the two colours joining in a lunular 

 form ; the outer feathers white on the outer web the whole of its 

 length ; legs red." (Latham.) 



Hab. New Holland. 



Latham says he had seen a specimen in Mr. Swainson's collection, 

 and that it seemed to be much allied to the " Martiuico Pigeon." 

 Perhaps it was a species of the genus Pliaps badly described. 



16. COLUMBA MEXICAUA. 



Chehoilotl, Hern. Hist. Nov. Hisp. p. 42, cap. cxxxii. 



Columba niexicaua, Briss. Orn. i. p. 99, n. 10 (1760) ; Gm. S. N. i. 



p. 777, n. 43 (1788) ; Lath. Lnd. Orn. ii. p. G01, n. 28 (1790) ; 



Vieill. N. D. xxvi. p. 353 (1818) ; Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 373 



(1826) ; Wagl.Syst.Av. Columba, sp. releg. 2 (1827) ; Bp. Consp. 



Av. ii. p. 59 (1854). 

 Pigeon du Mexique, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. ii. p. 525 (1771). 

 Mexican Pigeon, Lath. Syn. ii. 2, p. 633, n. 25 (1783). 



Brown, except the breast and tips of the wings, which are white ; 

 eyelids red, iris black ; feet red. Inhabits Mexico. (Translation 

 from Brisson.) 



Utterly unknown. 



17. Columba mtniata. 



Grande Tourterelle de la Chine, Sonner. Voy. Lnd. Or. ii. p. 178 



(1782) ; Wald. Tr. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 220 (1875). 

 Columba miniata, Temm. Pig. et Gallin. i. pp. 369, 460 (1813) (ex 



Sonnerat); Vieill. N. D. xxvi. p. 368 (1818); Steph. Gen. Zool. 



xi. p. 42 (1819); Desm. Diet. Sc. Nat. xl. p. 374 (1826); Wayl. 



Syst. Av. Columba, sp. dub. 13 (1827). 

 Tartar cinerea, Bp. (nee Scop.) Consp. Av. ii. p. 61 (1854). 

 Turtur miniatus, part., Bp. Compt. Rend. xl. p. 16 (1855) ; id. Coup 



d'ail Ordre Pig. p. 29 (1855). 

 Turtur cinereus (part.), Bp. Compt. Rend. xl. p. 219, n. 177 (1855) ; 



id. Coup d'wil Ordre Piq. p. 37, n. 177 (1855) ; Rchnb. Tauben, i. 



p. 76 (pt.) (1862) ; G. R. Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 238, n. 9312 (pt.) 



(1870) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. hi. p. 726 (pt.) (1877). 



Size of the Common Pigeon ; head grey ; upper part of the neck, 

 belly and abdomen of a clear greyish red ; posterior part of the 

 neck and back deep violet-purple ; feathers that cover the sides of 

 the neck are scalloped in the centre, and terminated with a greyish- 

 red band ; small feathers on the shoulders of a deep rosy or chestnut 



