82 CLASS AVES. 



part of back, shining golden- violet. South America. 

 Length, nine inches. 



Black-capped Pigeon. C. Melanocephala. Lath, 

 Enl. 214. Tern. 30. 



Green ; head, ash ; nape, black ; throat and belly, 

 yellow ; vent, purple scarlet ; tail, equal. Ind. Zool. 

 t. 7- Java. Length, nine inches. 



White-masked Pigeon. Lath. C. Larvata. Vaill. 

 Af. 269. Tern. 31. 



Face, white ; nape, neck and chest, violet, varied with 

 golden green ; wings and back, brown ; belly, reddish. 

 South Africa. Length, 10 inches. 



Silky Pigeon. C. Holosericea. Tern. 



Green ; throat, white, with a white and a black chest- 

 band ; wing, with two ash bands ; belly, and lower 

 tail-coverts, yellow ; quill, two forked at the top. 

 Islands of Pacific Ocean. Length, ten inches. 



Striated Turtle. Lath. C. Sinica. Lin. Albin, 

 III. 46. 



Brown, black-banded ; belly, blood red ; quills, 

 black ; middle wing-coverts, white. China. 



Green Turtle. Lath. C. Viridis. Enl. 142. 



Brassy neck ; beneath, violet-purple ; side of tail, 

 yellow tipped. Araboyna. Length, eight inches. 



Garnet-winged Pigeon. C. Erythroptera. Tern. 55. 



Black ; nape, humerus, and wing-coverts, bright 

 garnet-red ; back and quills, black ; forehead, eye- 

 brows, throat, and chest, white ; tail, middle, ashy 



