BLUE PIGEON. 87 



Tourterelle de la c6te de Malabar. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. p. ISO. 

 Colombo brame. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 376- 

 Malabar Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 652. 48. 



SIZE of the Surat Turtle : beak and irides red : 

 the head, back, and wings, of a pale cinereous 

 grey : the neck and breast light vinaceous grey : 

 the middle wing-coverts marked with oval spots : 

 the two middle tail-feathers grey ; the others black 

 for two-thirds of their length, and from thence, to 

 the end white : the belly white : the legs red. In- 

 habits the Malabar coast. 



BLUE PIGEON. 

 (Columba caerulea.) 



Co. cemdea, gula, genis ventreque albis^ pectore vinaceo-JuscOy 



apice rostri albescente. 

 Blue Pigeon, with the throat, cheeks, and belly, white, the 



breast of a brownish vinaceous, and the tip of the beak 



whitish. 



Columba caerulea. Temm. Pig. Ind. 475. 

 Colombe azuree. Temm. Pig. (8w>.) p. 2pO. 



THE whole of the upper parts of this beautiful 

 little Pigeon are of a brilliant lively azure : the 

 cheeks and the throat are pure white : the lower 

 part of the neck and the breast are of a brownish 



