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PIGEON. 



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 STRIATED T. 



Description.. 



FlACEo 



Columba finica, Lin, Syj}. i. p. 284. N° 28. 

 t La Tourterelle rayee de la Chine, 5rz/. era. i. p. 107. N° 1.6. —Buf. oi/i il» 

 p. 556. 

 Dove from China, Albin. iii. pi. 46. 



CIZE of the Collared 'turtle. The bill is blueifh afh-colour : 

 irides white : the top of the head afh-colour : cheeks and 

 fides of the neck yellow ; the tips of the feathers on the laft red, 

 which colour is feparated from the upper part of the neck by a 

 longitudinal band of blue : the hind part of the head, the upper 

 part of the neck, the back, rump, and upper tail coverts, are 

 brown, tranfverfely marked with narrow black arcuated bands: 

 the breaft, belly, fides, and thighs, are rofe-colour : the letter wing 

 coverts are pale brown, varied with a black and white tranfverfe 

 mark near the tip of each feather : the other coverts are blacks, 

 with white tips : quills black, with white edges: the tail of a ; 

 palifh brown : the legs red •, and the claws white. 

 This bird inhabits China. 



44> Columba ftriata, Lin. Syfi. i. p. 282. N° 18. 



La Tourterelle rayee des Indes, Brif. orn. i. p. 109, N° iji — Buf. pi/. iL 



P- 5S7« 

 Tranfverfepftriped or barred Dove, Edna. pi. 16, 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf.. 



Dbscriftioh, fpHTS is a trifle lefs than our Turtle : the length is nine 



inches and a half. The bill three quarters of an inch long,. 



and of a pale horn-colour: the noftrils pale blue: irides blue 



grey : the eyes placed in a bare white fkin, which paffes to the 



noftrils : the forehead, cheeks, and throat, are pale, blue : the top 



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