CAPE TURTLE. 

 Eclopistes ? Capensis. 



PLATE XX. 



Columba Capensis, Aitct. Columba atrogularis, Waff. Syst. 

 Av. sp. 108. Tourterelle a cravatte noire du Cap. de B. 



esp. Buff. PL Enl. p. 140 Colombe tourtelette, Temm. 



Pig. 8vo, i. p. 366. pi. 53 Id. PL Coloriees, Jeune male, 

 pi. 341. fig. 2. 



THE great length of the tail of this pretty species, 

 which of itself measures six inches, gives it an ap- 

 pearance of bulk, which it does not in reality possess, 

 as the body scarcely exceeds that of the common 

 lark in size. Its wings are moderately long, and 

 reach, when closed, to about the third the length of 

 the tail ; the second quill-feather rather exceeds the 

 fiK-, and is the longest in the wing. The tail is 

 greatly cuneated, and, like that of the Passenger 

 Turtle, consists of twelve feathers, the tips of which 

 are rounded, except the two middle ones, which are 

 generally worn to a point. The bill Is very slender, 

 without emargination, and the upper mandible very 

 gently deflected towards the tip. r /he tarsi and 

 toes are short, the claws blunt, and but little hooked, 

 shewing it to be partly ambulatory in its habits. 



