Eggs. 
General 
descrip- 
tion. 
294 COLUMBA, COLUMBA. ‘TuortteE Dove. 
wards of twenty *, all of which are highly prized by connois- 
seurs.—The Rock Dove lays two white eggs, of an oval 
form, and breeds twice or thrice in the year; but probably 
oftener in its tame state. It feeds upon all sorts of grain 
and seeds, and, according to Monraeu, is very fond of the 
different Limaces, particularly of that which inhabits the He- 
he virgata. 
Prate 56*. Fig. 2. Natural size. 
Bill blackish-brown. Ivides pale reddish-orange. Head 
and throat deep bluish-grey. Sides of the neck, and 
upper part of the breast, dark lavender purple, glossed 
with shades of green and of purple-red. Lower part of 
the breast and belly blue grey. Upper part of the back 
and wing-coverts pale pearl-grey. Greater coverts and 
secondaries barred with black, and forming two broad 
and distinct bands across the closed wings. Lower part 
of the back white. Rump and tail-coverts bluish-grey. 
Quills grey at the base, but passing into bluish-grey to- 
wards their tips. Tail deep bluish-grey, with a broad 
black bar at the end. J.egs pale purplish-red. Wings, 
when closed, reaching to within half an inch of the end 
of the tail. 
Turtle Dove.—Columba Turtur, Lizn. 
PLATE 56. Fig. 2. 
Columba turtur, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 284. sp. 32.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 786. sp. 32. 
—Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 605. sp. 47.—Raii, Syn. p. 61. A. 2.—Will. 
p. 134. t. 35.—Briss. 1. p. 92. 7. 
Turtur auritus, Raii, Syn. p. 184. t. 26. 
La Tourterelle, Buff: Ois. v. 2. p. 545. t. 25.—Id. Pl. Enl. 394. —Temm. Pig. 
et Gall. v. 1. p. 305.—/Jd. edit. fol. pl. 42.Id. Man. d’Orn. v. 2. p. 448. 
* Viz. The Biset Pigeon, and the Rock, Roman, Rough-footed, Crest- 
ed, Norway, Barbary, Jacobine, Laced, Turbit, Broad-tailed and narrow- 
tailed Shaker, Tumbler, Helmet, Persian, Carrier, Pouter, Horseman, 
Smiter, Turner, and Spot Pigeons. 
