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Order IX.— COLUMBA. 



Family COLUMBIDJE. f Leach. J 



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 TUKTLE DOVE. 



Columba JEgyptiaca. 



Columba JEgyptiaca, Latham. 



cambayensis, Temminck. 



maculicollis, Wagler; Syst. Avium. 



Turtur Senegalensis, Bonaparte. 



Tourterelle d'Egypte, Of the French. 



JEgyptische Turteltaube, Of the Germans. 



Specific Characters. — External border of the wings black; the 

 upper and middle four tail feathers unicolorous; the most lateral 

 ashy at their base, black in 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. 



IN\B. — The above measurements are from the dry skin of the 

 female specimen which is figured. 



