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117. PASSERINE TURTLE. 



Columba minuta, Ind. Orn. ii. 612. Lin A. 285. Gm.Lin.i. 788. 

 Turd us parvus fuscus Americanus, Bris. i. 116. t. 8. f. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 27. 

 Colombi-Galline Pigme, 7V»i>». Pig.fol. pi. 16. /rf. 8vo. i. p. 432. 

 Pigeon nairi, Foy. d'Azara, iv. No. 325. 

 Passerine Turtle, Gc«. Syn. iv. 660. 



SMALLER than the last ; length five inches and a half. Upper 

 parts of the body brown, the under more or less rufous white, with 

 seven small spots, the colour of polished steel ; three on the lesser, 

 and four on the greater wing coverts ; quills as in the last species ; 

 the two middle tail feathers brown, the others first ash-coloured, then 

 black, with brown tips, the two outer white on the outer web, near 

 the tips ; bill and legs brown. 



Inhabits St. Domingo, and some of the warmer parts of America. 

 Found in Paraguay. 



118— TALPACOTI PIGEON. 



Columbi-Galline Talpacoti, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 12. Jd. 8vo. i. p. 421. 



Cocotzin aliud Genus, Tlapalcotli, Will. 135. 



Another sort of Cocotzin, Will. Engl. p. 184. 



Le Pigeon roussatre, Voy. d'Azara, iv. p. 134. No. 323. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill reddish brown, slender, a trifle 

 bent at the tip; top of the head blue grey; throat, and sides of the 

 neck, vinous grey ; back, wings, and tail coverts, neck before, and 

 the rest of the under parts, deep rufous, with a vinaceous gloss; on 

 the greater wing coverts a few small black spots ; quills dusky brown ; 

 under wing coverts and flanks black ; tail cuneiform, the two middle 

 feathers rufous brown, the rest black, the exterior margins and tips, 

 rufous; legs orange, with a narrow band of downy, short, feathers 

 on the outside^ of the shins. 



* Azara says the inside. 



