COLUMBIDA. — COLUMBIN &. 349 
the third. Tail long, graduated ; the feathers very 
broad and obtuse. The rump feathers very thick set. 
Bill short: the gonys angulated. Tarsus plumed. 
Hinder toe longer than the tarsus. 
M. phasianella. Pl.Col. 100. —_infuscata. Lich. ( Brazil. ) 
Reinwardu. Ib. 248. 
Turtur, Selby. Turtles. Billslender. Tarsus naked : 
the tarsus and hallux of equal length. The outer 
toe shorter than the inner. 
Turtur. ‘ Wings rather lengthened ; the two first quills 
slightly graduated. ‘Tail moderate, even, or rounded. 
T. migraterius. Selby, 56. f. 2. , risorius. P]. Enl. 244. 
Gina, Selby, MSS. (fig. 299. f) Wings lengthened ; the 
first three quills nearly equal, and longer than the others. 
Tail long, cuneated ; the two middle feathers narrowed. 
Feet very small. Represents Ectopistes. Africa. 
O.Capensis. Selby. Ois. d’Af. 273. 
Chemepelia, Sw. Wings short, rounded ; the four 
first quills nearly equal, and not much longer than 
the tertials; the feathers very broad. Tail moderate, 
rounded. A line of feathers on the tarsus. America. 
C. cinnamomina. Spix, i. 75. a. f. 1. 
Leptotila, Sw. (fig. 299. 6, c. 300. 6) First quill sud- 
denly narrowed ; the fourth longest. Tarsus length- 
ened, and much longer than the hallux. All the toes 
_ long and slender.. Knees naked. America only? 
P. rufaxilla. Nat. Lib. v. pl. 24. 
PeristerRA, Sw. (fig. 299. b, e. 300. a) Bill lengthen- 
_ ed,slender. Wings pointed ; the second quill longest. 
Tail moderate. Tarsi rather short. Lateral toes equal ; 
hinder toe very short, not more than half the length 
of the middle toe. Australia only.* 
P. calcoptera. Nat. Lib. v. pl. 21. scripta. Pl. Col. 187. 
Pritopuyrus, Sw. Crownbird.t Size large. Wings 
* As the bronze-winged pigeons of New Holland appear to me the true 
typical examples of this genus, I have retainéd to them, as is usual in such 
cases, the subgeneric name ; but not having finished the analysis of this 
family, I do not venture to characterise the other subgenera ; the same ob- 
servation is ig A to the next genus. 
F See Vol. 1. 33. 
