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COLLARED SENEGAL PIGEON. 



(Columba risoria.) 



Co. supra lutescens subtus alba, lunula cervicali rtigra* 



Pigeon above yellowish, beneath white, with a black lunule on 



the back of the neck. 

 Columba risoria. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 285. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 



787-33. Lath.Ind. Orn.l.GOJ.Sl. Temm.Pig. Ind.p.48l. 

 Columba vinacea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. fill. 63. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. i. 782.57- 



Turtur torquatus. Driss. Orn. 1. Q5. 



Turtur torquatus Senegalensis. Briss. Orn. 1. 124. t. l.f. 1. 

 Turtur indicus. Rail. Syn. p. fil. 3. 

 La Tourterelle a collier. Buff. Ois. 2. 55O. pi. 26. Buff. PI. 



Enl. 244. 

 La Tourterelle a collier du S6negal. Buff. Ois. 2. 553. Buff. 



PI. Enl. 161. 



Tourterelle blonde. Le Vaill. Ois. a" Afriq. 6. pi. 268. 

 Colombe blonde. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 323. 

 Indian Turtle. Hayes. Brit. Birds.pl. 13. 

 Collared Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 643. 42. 

 Collared Senegal Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 656. 54. 



LENGTH six inches and a half: the whole of the 

 plumage is of an agreeable pearly grey, with a 

 slight purplish tint : the fore-part of the head, and 

 the under parts of the body, are whitish : the back 

 and wings are of a yellowish bay tint : the quills 

 are dusky, bordered with yellow : the tail-feathers 

 are ash- coloured above, and all, except the two 

 middle ones, are tipped with white ; the most out- 

 ward one on each side being entirely white on its 

 exterior web : the upper part of the neck is sur- 



