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Common Turtle. Lath. Col. Turtur. Lin. Enl. 



394. 



With a yellow mantle, spotted with brown ; neck, 

 bluish, with a black and white spot on each- 

 side. 



It is the smallest of our wild species, and lives in 

 the woods in the manner of the ring-dove.* 



We breed, as flyers, and for amusement. 



Collared Turtle. Lath. Col. Risoria. L. Enl. 

 244. Frich. 44. Tem. 44. 



Which appears to have been originally from Africa ; 

 white, paler underneath, with a black collar on the 

 nape. 



Other pigeons with a square or round tail, are 



Chestnut-shouldered Pigeon. Lath. Col. Spadicea. 

 Tem. 1. 



Head and neck, reddish, golden-green ; humerus, bay ; 

 back and wings, bluish ; belly and abdomen, white. 

 Norfolk Island. Length, eighteen or twenty inches. 



* The Chinese variety does not difFer from the European, except that 

 the under part of the body is vinaceous, &c. The Spotted Necked Turtle, 

 of Latham, the Portugal Doves, Luzonian Turtle, and Chinese Turtle, of 

 Latham, are varieties of this species. This is thought to be the stock of all 

 the domestic pigeons, including Col. Hispanica, Col. Dost/pus, Col. Cristata, 

 C. Norwegica, C. Barharka, C. CucuUata, C. Hispida, C. Turbita, C. Lati- 

 cauda, C. Gyratrix, C. Galeata, C. Turcica, C. Tahellaria, C. Chitturosa, 

 C. Eques, C. Percussor, C. Jubata, and C. Frontalis, of Latham and 

 Brisson. The C. Vinacea, of Latham, is only a variety of this species, 

 found in India and Africa. 



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