104 PIGEON. 



130— MALACCA TURTLE. 



Columba Malaccensis, Ind. Orn.Yi. 612. Gm. Lin. i. 788. 

 Colombe a large Queue, Temm. Pig. fol. pi. 67. Id. 8vo. i. p. 339. 

 Petite Tourterelle de Queda, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 177. Sonnin. Buf. vii. 305. 

 Malacca Turtle, Gen. Syn. \v. 661. Shaw's Zool. xxi. pi. 929. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill black, tinged with yellow at the 

 base and tip; irides yellow; forehead and throat light cinereous 

 grey; hind part of the head the same, crossed with black lines; 

 back, rump, and lesser wing coverts pale cinereous grey, tipped with 

 a black band ; sides of the neck white, crossed with numerous lines 

 of black; breast and belly pale vinous grey ; sides of the last undu- 

 lated with black lines ; quills brown ; middle tail feathers the same, 

 the others brown for two-thirds of the length ; from thence to the 

 ends white; thighs and under tail coverts white; legs like yellow 

 orpiment. 



Inhabits Malacca, and is a most beautiful species ; the flesh said 

 to be extremely delicate. This has been transported to the Isle of 

 Mauritius, where it multiplies exceedingly. 



131— BANTAMESE PIGEON. 



Columba Bantamensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 615. 



■ striata, Mus. Carls, t. 67. 

 Bantamese Pigeon, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 271. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill black ; plumage above hoary ash- 

 colour; beneath whitish, marked on the back, wings, and breast, 

 with slender, waved crescents ; chin and vent nearly white ; tail 

 cuneiform, the length of the body, consisting of fourteen feathers, 

 the six middle ones black, the rest the same, but white towards the 

 tips; legs red. 



