﻿666 PIGEON. 



**5 • Columba Capenfis, Lin. Syfl. i. p. 286. N° 39. 



J^a Tourterelle du Cap de Bonne Efperance, Brif. em. i. p. 120, N° 22. 



pi. 9. f. 2. (the male. J 

 La Tourtelette, i?»/*. 0//. ii. p. 554. 



La Tourterelle a cravatte noire du Cap de Bonne Efperance, PI. enl. 140. 

 (the male.) 



Lev. Muf. 



Desouptjon. HP HI S is a very fmall fpecies, being not bigger in the body 

 than a Lark : the length indeed is nine inches and a half, 

 but the tail alone meafures five inches and a quarter. The bill 

 is red, and feven lines in length : the throat, and fore part of the 

 neck, are of a very fine black * : the reft of the head, neck, 

 breaft, back, rump, upper wing and tail coverts, are grey 

 brown : greater wing coverts tipped with black : the belly, fides, 

 thighs, and under tail coverts, are dirty white : on each wing is 

 a bright fpot like poliJhed fteel : the greater quills are rufous 

 within, and brown on the outer webs and tips; the fecond quills 

 are brown, with the outer edges grey : the tail is very unequal, 

 the outer feather being very fhort ; the two middle feathers are 

 blackifh brown, tinged with rufous ; and thofe on the fides grey 

 brown at the bale, and blackifh at the ends ; beneath they are 

 all black, except the outer one, which has the outfide and tip 

 white : the legs are red : and the claws brown. 

 Female. The female differs in having the throat, and fore part of the 



neck, of the fame colour as the reft of the head, and the greater 

 wing coverts not tipped with black. 



* In the PL enl, the crown and forehead are alfo black. 



This 



