56 PIGEON. 



Another like this last, but larger, is also common. This is bluish 

 grey, varied with white on the sides of the neck ; belly white. Bill 

 black ; legs rose-colour. This makes the nest on bushes, and named 

 Tortel Duyf ; is easily tamed, and in this state kept in cages. 



66— COLLARED SENEGAL TURTLE. 



Colutnba vinacea, Ind. Orn. ii. 611. Gm. Lin. i. 782. 

 Turtur torquatus Senegalensis, Bris.\. 124. t. 11. 1. Id. 8vo. i. 30. 

 Tourterelle a Collier du Senegal, Buf. ii. 553. PL enl. 161. 

 Collared Senegal Turtle, Gen. Syn. iv. 656. 



SIZE of the others. Bill blackish ; head, neck, and breast, 

 vinaceous, darker on the upper parts ; back, rump, and wing coverts, 

 grey brown ; belly and under parts dirty white ; tail three inches 

 long, the two middle feathers grey brown, the others black for two- 

 thirds, the rest of the length grey ; on the back of the neck a black 

 collar, which rises upwards on the sides of the neck ; legs reddish. 



Inhabits Senegal, probably the same as the Collared Species. 



A.— Turtur hybridus, Bris. i. 97. A. Id. 8vo. i. p. 22. 

 Hybridal Turtle, Gen. Syn. iv. 649. 42. B. 



This is a mixed breed between the Common and Collared Turtle. 

 The head, neck, and breast, vinaceous; back dull, reddish ash- 

 colour; belly, beneath the wings, and tip of the tail as in the other; 

 quills brown ; legs dull red. 



67— VINACEOUS TURTLE. 



Columba vinacea, Colombe vineuse, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 41. Id. 8vo. i. p. 303. 



LENGTH ten inches. Bill black ; head, neck, and all the parts 

 beneath, fine deep purple, or the colour of wine lees ; wings, back, 

 and tail, deep bistre brown ; legs red brown. 



