280 COLUMBID.E. 



feathers are fine black ; towards the tip of the latter 

 is a greyish -white bar : the tarsi are clothed with 

 feathers tor half their length ; the rest of them and 

 the toes are fine purple : the beak, which is rather 

 short, and slightly swollen at the tip, is reddish : 

 the irides are fine red. 



Sp. 2. Co. Palumbus. Steph. I'.^xi. /J.p2. — Britain and Europe, 

 Sp. 3. Co. arquatrix. Steph. v. xi. p. 19. — Africa. 

 Sp. 4. Co. cincta. Steph. v. xi. p. 50. — Southern Asia. 



B. Orbita: plmiiosce i tarsi nudi; Cauda cequaH. 

 B. Orbits plumose; tarsi naked; tail even. 



a. Pennis cdli remigibusque simplicibus. 



a. With the feathers of the neck and the quills sim{)le. 



Sp. 5. Co. chalcoptera. Steph. v. xi. p. 17. — New Hollaud. 

 Sp, 6. Co, picturata. Steph. v. xi. p. 85. — Tcmm. PL Col. 242. 

 — Co, Dufresnii. Steph. v. xi. p. 77.pt. 3. — Madagascar, &c. 

 Sp. 7. Co. oenas. Steph. v. xi. p. 25. pi. 1. — Britain and Europe. 

 Sp. 8. Co. livia, Steph. v. xi, p. 27. — Britain and Europe, 



Sp. 9. Co. turtur, Steph. v. xi. p. 72. pi. 2. — Britain and the 

 old continent. 



Sp. 10. Co. risoria. Steph. v. \\. p. 71. — Africa. 



Sp. 11. Columba humilis. Temm. PI. Col. 258, 259. 



Co. vertice, mails nuchaque cinereo-cyaneis, ceivice semitoi-que 

 nigra, dorso supremo, scapulis, tectricibusque alarum vinaceis, 

 collo antice, pectore ventreqiie pallide rufo-purpureis, hypo- 

 chondriis, dorso injtmo uropygioque cinereo-cyaneis, crisso 

 alhido-cinerascente ; mas: aut cinereo-Juscus, J'ronte tectrici- 

 busque alarum majoribus cinereis, guld, crisso, tectricibusque 

 caudcE inferioribus albidis semitorque cervicali nigra,; faemina. 

 Pigeon with the crown, cheeks, and nape, ashy-blue; the cervix 

 with a black half-collar ; the upper part of the back, scapulars, 

 and wing-coverts, vinaceous ; the neck anteriorly, the breast 

 and belly pale red-purple ; the flanks, the lower back and 



