Order IX.— COLUMBvE. 
Family COL UMBIDJE. (Leach.) 
Genus Columba. (Linnceus.) 
Generic Characters . — Beak of medium size, compressed; base 
of the upper mandible covered with a soft skin, through which 
the nostrils are pierced, the point more or less curved. Feet 
with three toes in front, entirely divided, and one behind. 
EGYPTIAN TURTLE DOVE. 
Columha JEgyptiaca. 
Columha .Mgyptiaca, 
“ ca mb aye lists, 
“ maeulicollis, 
Tartar Senegalensis, 
Tourterelle d' Egypte, 
JEgyptische Tarteltauhe, 
Latham. 
Temminck. 
Wagler; Syst. Avium. 
Bonaparte. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Specific Characters . — External boi’der of the wings black; the 
upper and middle four tail feathers unicolorous; the most lateral 
ashy at their base, black iu the middle, and bluish white at their 
distal ends; no black and blue collar on the neck. Length nine 
inches and a half; carpus to tip five inches and a half; tail four 
inches and a half ; tarsus nine lines ; middle toe and claw one inch ; 
beak eleven lines. 
X.B. — The above measurements are from the dry skin of the 
female specimen which is figured. 
