PLATE CXXV. 



COLUMBA TURTUR. 

 TURTLE DOVE. 



Passeres. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill ftraight, defcending towards the tip : nollrils oblong, and half 

 covered with a foft tumid membrane. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS, 



Tail feathers tipped with white : back grey : breaft flefh colour % 

 each fide the neck a fpot of black feathers with white tips. 



CoLUMBA TuRTUR : reftiicibus apice albls, dorfo grifeo, pe£lore 



incarnato, macula lateral! colli nigra lineolis 



albis. Scop. Ann. \.n. 181. 

 Turtur. OUn. ucc. St. — Br'ijf. av. 1. p, 92, n, 7. — Norzem. nederL 



Vogel. /. 6, 

 Tourterelle. Buf Hifi. Oif. 2. p. 5U. /. ^6. —PL Enl. «. 394. 

 Turtle, or Turtle-dove. Brit. ZooL 1. «, 10'^ /. ^S.-^Alhln. av. 



J2. /. 47. 



A 2 The 



