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890. BOLLE'S PIGEON. 

 COLUMBA BOLLII. 



Columba lollii, Godman, Ibis, 1872, p. 217 ; Dresser, vii. p. 29, pi. 459 ; 

 Kcenig, J. f. 0. 1890, p. 441, Taf. viii. fig. 12 (egg) ; Salvadori, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. xxi. p. 297. 



Paloma turquesa, Torcaza, in the Canaries. 



<$ ad. (Teneriffe). Differs from C. laurivora in being darker and bluer 

 above, the throat down to the breast slaty blue, slightly glossed with 

 green, the breast and under parts deep vinous red, the flanks, lower 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts deep bluish slate ; tail blackish, broadly 

 subterminated with dark dove-blue, and finally tipped with dusky slate ; 

 bill red, the tip white ; legs, iris, and edge round the eye coral -red. 

 Culmen I'O, wing 8 '2, tail 6 '2, tarsus 1:2 inch. 



Hob. The islands of Teneriffe, Palma, and Gomera (Canaries). 



Like the preceding species, it inhabits the forests and woods, 

 and is shy and retiring in its habits. It feeds on berries of 

 various kinds, chiefly those of the laurel, and on grain. The 

 nest, which is placed in a laurel or tree heath, is constructed 

 of twigs, lined with finer ones, and the single egg, which is laid 

 in February, March, or April, is pure white, and measures 

 about 1-69 by 118. 



891. MADEIRAN DOVE. 

 COLUMBA TROCAZ. 



Columba trocaz, Heineken in Brewst. Journ. Sc. 1829, p. 228 ; Jardine 

 and Selby, 111. Orn. ii. pi. 98 ; Dresser, vii. p. 33, pi. 461 ; Salvadori, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxi. p. 289. 



Portibo trocaz, in Madeira. 



<- ad. (Madeira). Dove-blue, somewhat paler on the head, fore-neck, 

 lower back, rump, and under parts ; feathers on the sides and back of neck 

 tipped with silvery grey ; hind- neck and fore-back glossed with green and 

 purple ; primary coverts and quills slaty black, the latter with narrow 

 grey margins ; tail dark plumbeous slate with a broad subterminal slate- 

 blue band ; breast vinous red ; bill and bare space round the eye coral-red, 

 the former tipped with blackish ; legs coral-red ; iris straw-yellow. 

 Culmen I'O, wing 9*2, tail 7*4, tarsus 1*38 inch. Female similar. 



Hob. Madeira. 



