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58. Coiumba Canadenfis, tiit. Syft, u p-. 284. N d 30. 



CANADA TV L a Tourterelle de Canada, Brif, orn< i. p. 118. N° 21. — Buf. eif. ii. p. jyjv- 



— PI.enl. 176. 

 Canada Turtle, ArB. Zeol. 



Br. Muf. Lw, Ma/1 



Biscrsptisn. ^yHIS is a little bigger than the Common Turtle: length 

 thirteen inches. Bill one inch, and blackifh s- the upper 

 parts of* the head, neck, back, and wings, are grey brown : the 

 lower part of* the back, rump, and upper tail coverts, afh-colour: 

 £he throat, fore part of the neck, and breaft, grey brown, tinged 

 with yellowifh : the fides greyifli i belly and thighs dirty white I 

 under tail coverts pure white : the wing coverts are marked with 

 blackifh brown fpots 5 the quills are brown ; the greater ones 

 'nave the outer edges yellowifh : the tail is five inches and a half 

 long, evere at the end ; all the feathers of it afn-coloured, tipped 

 with white, except the two middle ones, which have a large ru- 

 fous fpot on the inner web towards the bafe, under which is an- 

 other of a blackifh brown i the legs are red ; the claws black. 

 Female. In the female the feathers of the head, neck, breaft, and upper 



part of the back and wing coverts, are tipped with dirty whke ? . 

 which gives thofe parts a ftriated appearance 

 Vh&tEs This inhabits Canada* 



