64 INTRODUCED BIRDS. 
Order IV—COLUMB£. 
COLUMBIDA. 
For characters, see ante, p. 21. 
32. TURTUR AURITUS. Temm. 
, Turtle Dove. 
Heap and neck, bluish lilac, with some black and white feathers on the 
sides of the neck; sides of the face, yellow ; breast, pale pink ; 
abdomen, white. 
elo W.,. 1255 'T., “88. 
Egg.—White ; length, 1:25 ; breadth, °83. 
Nelson and Auckland ; a few only. From England. 
33. TURTUR RISORIUS. L. 
Ring Dove. 
CREAM color, with a black ring on the back of the neck. 
Nelson and Auckland ; a few only. Domesticated birds from KEng- 
land ; inhabits Northern India, Asia Minor, etc. 
34. PHAPS CHALCOPTERA. Lath. 
Bronze-wing Pigeon. 
Axsove, brown ; forehead, grey ; breast, purplish red, passing into grey 
on the abdomen ; chin, white; on the wing, a band of coppery bronze 
tipped with green ; tail, grey, with a black band. 
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Egg. —White ; length, 1:25 ; breadth, 1. 
Nelson and Auckland ; a few only. From Australia. 
85. PHAPS HISTRIONICA. Gould. 
Harlequin Bronze-wing. 
ForEHEAD, a circle round the ears, and a crescent-shaped mark across the 
throat, white ; remainder of head and throat, black ; back, cinnamon 
brown ; a band of reddish bronze on the wing ; breast and abdomen, grey. 
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Auckland ; a few only. From Australia. 
