SURAT PIGEON. 



(Columba tigrina.) 



Co. capite collo superiori pectoreque vinaceo-canis, lunuld nigrd 

 in cervice maculis albis intermixta^dorso alisque canisjusco-cano- 

 maculatis, pennis cervicis sinuatis. 



Pigeon with the head, upper part of the neck and breast vina- 

 ceous; a black lunule on the nape, varied with white spots ; 

 the back and wings hoary, with brownish-grey spots ; the fea- 

 thers on the back of the neck sinuated. 



Columba tigrina. Temm. Pig. Ind.p. 481. 



Columba suratensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 609. 55. GmeL Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 778. 



Columba risoriae. ft. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 608. 51. 



Colombe a nuque perlee. Temm. Pig. (8uo.) p. 317 



La Tourterelle grise de la Chine. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 176. 

 pi. 102. 



Chinese Grey Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 64942. 



Surat Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 652. 46. 



TEN inches and a half long : the upper part of 

 the head and the neck are of a vinaceous grey : 

 the throat is whitish, with a tinge of vinaceous 

 towards the lower part of the neck : the breast is 

 of a bright vinaceous : on the neck is a collar 

 about one inch wide ; the feathers of which it is 

 composed are of a triangular shape, and are black, 

 with a few white spots : those of the upper part of 

 the neck are marked with a quadrangular spot, and 

 those towards the base have a similar spot, which 

 is of an earthy colour : the feathers on the top of 



