COLUMBA TKOCAZ, Heinehen. 

 Trocaz Pigeon. 



PLATE XCVIII. 



C. Mas. corpore plumbeo, pectore superioreque abdominis vinaceis ; remigibus ni- 

 gris 2 da , 3 tia , 4 ta , albo marginatis ; cauda nigra medio supra plumbeo fasciata, 

 subtus fascia fere alba ; rostro pedibusque rubris. 



Fcem. Coloribus obscurioribus. 



Our figure is taken from specimens procured by Mr Carruthers in 

 1827, during his residence in Madeira. We have also specimens from Mr 

 Btjlwer, agreeing in every way with the present. The species appears 

 undescribed, until noticed by Dr Heinekest, in a short paper upon the 

 birds of Madeira, printed in Dr Brewster's Journal of Science, where he 

 suggests, if new, the specific title of " Trocaz," from the provincial name 

 given to it in the island. We can add nothing to the Doctor's descriptions, 

 which agree nearly with the specimens in our possession, and which we 

 now transcribe. 



" Brownish-ash ; head, neck, breast, vent and rump, ash ; neck imbri- 

 cated, and together with shoulder and breast irridescent ; belly vinous ; 

 wings and tail feathers brown-black, the latter with a broad blue-ash bar, 

 one-third from the tips, which are black ; the outer web * of the 2d, 3d, 

 and 4th primary edged with white ; bill red, tipped with black f ; nails 

 black ; legs red, feathered anteriorly a little below the knee ; iris pale 

 straw-yellow; length 19 inches; tarsus 1^ inch. (Adult Male in the 

 Spring.)" 



* In our specimens, the edge of the outer webs only are white, forming a very narrow mar- 

 gin. 



•f- In our specimens, the bill is red, slightly paler at the tip, and having a yellowish tinge. 



