ORDER GALLINiE. 85 



black and grey ; wing-coverts, black-grey ; belly, 

 white. Africa and South Asia. Also, C. Sene- 

 galensis. Lath. 



Malabar Turtle. Lath. C. Malabarica. Tem. 



Ash ; beneath, white ; wing-coverts, with oval spots ; 

 side of tail from the base to the middle, black and 

 white. Malabar. 



White Turtle. C. Alba. Tem. 46. 



Body, white; tail, short. Bill, brown.; iris and 

 feet, red. South Asia. Domesticated in Europe. 



Squammeous Pigeon. C. Squamosa. Tem. 59. 



Brownish-ash, black-scaled ; wing, white-spotted. 

 Brazils. Length, seven inches. ^^ ;A. 



Malacca Turtle. Lath. C. Malaccensis. Mus. 

 Carl. 67. Edw. 16. Tem. 47. -• 



Body, ash ; back and wing, with lunate brown spots ; 

 neck, and sides of chest, undulately lined; belly, 

 vinaceous white. 



Also, C. Bantamensis, and C. Striata, Lath. 

 South Asia. Length, eight inches. 



Great Tailed Pigeon. C. Macroura. Enl. 329- 



Tail as long as the body, white tipt ; body, cinnamon ; 

 beneath, whitish. Ceylon. 



Porphyry Pigeon. C. Porphyrea. Tem. Col. 106."^' 



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Head, neck, and breast, bright red ; chest-band, white 

 and black ; abdomen, ash ; back and wings, green ; 

 vent, bright olive ; tail, deep green ; beneath, two 

 shades of grey. Molucca. 



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