36 PIGEON. 



on the middle of the wing some of the same, and others rufous snuff- 

 colour; quills dusky; tail short, a little rounded at the end; legs 

 red. — Inhabits Brazil, and some other parts of America. 



36.— EMERAUDINE PIGEON. 



Columba Afra, Ind.Orn.W. 611. Lin.'i. 284. Gm.Lin.'u 786. 



Turtur Senegalensis, Bris. i. 122. t. 10. f. I. Id. Svo. i. 30. 



Tourterelle du Senegal, Buf. ii. 553. PL enl. 160. 



— — — — emeraudine, Levail. Afr. vi. 84. pi. 271. 



Colombe emeraudine, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 38. 39. Id. 8vo. i. p. 291. 



African Turtle, Gen. Syn. iv. 656. 



SIZE one-third less than the Common Turtle. Bill dusky; 

 irides reddish ; crown and nape ash-colour ; forehead white ; neck 

 and under parts pale vinaceous ; vent white ; back vinous brown, or 

 dove-colour; greater wing coverts deep blue, approaching to greenish 

 black in some lights, forming two half bars on the middle of the 

 wing ; rump crossed with two dusky bars; quills and tail otherwise 

 dusky, or cinnamon-coloured within ; legs vinous red. 



The female is smaller, and the greenish bars on the wings narrow. 



Inhabits the inward parts of the Cape of Good Hope, abundant 

 about the Rivers of Gamtoo, Louris, and Van Stade, as well as the 

 Great Fish River, and all the Caffres : makes the nest on bushes, 

 between the ramifications of the branches, and lays two white eggs ; 

 is a wild species; and the cooing of the male in sound like Cou-cou- 

 cou-cou, in a languishing tone, repeated till out of breath. 



37— TAMBOURIN PIGEON. 



Tourterelle tambourette, Levail. Afr. vi. 86. p. 172. 



Colomba tympanistria, Colombe Tambourette, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 36. Id. 8vo. i. 287. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill and irides brown ; top of the head 

 white, descending through each eye, and finishing below it ; body 



