﻿PIGEON. 



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La Tourterelle,grifede la Chine, Sou. Voy. Ind. vol. ii. p. 176. pi. 102. 



^-p HIS is the fize of the laft. Bill black : irides red : top 

 of the head grey ; back part of it deep vinaceous grey : 

 round the eyes the feathers are white : fore part of the neck, 

 breaft, and belly, very pale reddifh vinaceous grey j the feathers 

 on the hind part of the neck are in fhape of an heart reverfed, the 

 colour of them black, forming a broad crefcent, and have on 

 each fide a round fpot of white : the wings, back, and rump, are 

 dirty brown : the quills black : the two middle tail feathers are 

 brown ; the others are black half-way, and white from thence to 

 the end : the under tail coverts are very pale reddifh grey : the 

 legs are yellow. 



Inhabits China, 



I havelikewife feen it in fome drawings, which fpecified that it 

 was a native of Madras. 



42. 



Var. A. 



CHINESE 



GREY T. 



Description. 



Place. 



La Tourterelle mulet, Brif. urn. i. p. yj. A. 



'TPHIS is a mixed breed, between the Common and Collared 

 'Turtles. The head, neck, and breaft, are vinaceous : back 

 dull reddifh afh-colour : belly, beneath the wings, and tip of the 

 tail, as in the laft-mentioned bird : the quills are brown : the 

 legs blood red. 



42. 



Var. B. 

 HYBRIDAL T. 



Descriptions 



Vol. II. 



4 O 



Columba 



