352 TEXAN TURTLE-DOVE. 



with bars of light yellowish-grey and black lines; under tail coverts dull 

 yellow. 



Total length 7i inches; bill along the edge \h, wing from flexure 5f* 

 Second quill longest, third almost equal. Tail to the end of the upper 

 feathers 3j; tarsus ■§.; middle toe -§, its claw i. Strongly pectinated. 



FAMILY XXIX.*— COLUMBINE. PIGEONS. 

 Genus I.f— COLUMBA, Linn. DOVE. 



TEXAN TURTLE-DOVE. 



COLUMBA TrUDEAUII, Jlud. 



PLATE CCCCLXLVL— Male. 



I am indebted for this new species to my companion Mr. J. G. Bell, 

 who received it from Texas; but, unfortunately, no notes connected with the 

 habits of this handsome Dove were forwarded by the person who procured it. 



In naming it after my excellent friend Doctor Trudeau, of New York, I 

 only pay another very slight tribute to his great attainments as an accom- 

 plished ornithologist and student of nature. 



Texan Turtle-Dove, Columba Tmdeaiiii, Aud. 



10|, 



One specimen, procured in Texas. 



Male. 



Upper part of the head and neck purplish, with rich reflections of golden- 

 green on the hind parts; a black spot on the sides of the throat, and bill 

 black; throat and neck purplish-buff; sides and under wing coverts ash-grey, 

 as well as the lower tail coverts; vent white; shoulders, back and two middle 

 tail feathers, brownish-olive; a large patch of white formed by the first row 



* See vol. iv. p. 311. t Ibid. p. 312. 



