COLU:\[RIX.E. 
CEna Selby. 
Bill very slender and moderate. Wings lengthened, with the first three quills nearly equal, and 
longer than the others. Tail very long and much cuneated, with the two middle feathers narrowed. 
Tarsi nearly the length of the middle toe, and slender. Toes moderate, with the lateral ones nearly 
equal. 
The type is found on the trees that border the rivers of the southern parts of Africa. Its habits ai'e unknown 
except that it is in low trees or bushes that the females form their nest, wherein are deposited two eggs. 
CE. capensis (Linn.) Selby, PI. enl. 140. — Columba atrogularis Wagl. 
TuRTUR Selby. -\ 
Bill slender and straight, with the tip slightly arched and acute. Wings rather lengthened, with the 
first two quills rather gi'aduated, and the second and third the longest. Tail moderate, even, or rounded. 
Tarsi rather shorter than the middle toe, and scutellated in front. Toes very long and slender, with the 
outer one shorter than the inner ; the claws moderate and shghtly cun^ed. 
These bu'ds are found in varioxis parts of Europe, Africa, and India, in the woods, jungles, &c., where they are 
generally discovered by their cooing notes. Those of Europe migrate on the approach of winter to the southern parts, 
and return to the north on the arrival of the warmer months. It is generally in small flocks of about twenty, and in the 
open cultivated gi'oimd, that they seek their food, which consists for the most part of grains, grass seeds, &c., but occa- 
sionally they attack the pea fields on the ripening of the peas. The nest is formed in the closest woods, of small twigs 
loosely put together, in which the female lays two eggs. 
1. T. auritus Ray, Temm. Pig. t. 42. — Columba Tartar Linn. ; 
Tartar migratorius Selby. 
2. T. meetia (Sykes), Proc. Z. S. 1831. 149. — Columba gelastis 
Temm. PI. col. 550., Kuip et Prev. Pig. t.27. 
3. T. lugens (Riipp.) Faun. Abyss, t. 22. f. 2. 
4. T. risorius (Linn.) Selby, Temm. Pig. t. 44. 
5. T. inioce«* (Gmel.) — Columba erythrophrys .90:01715. B. of 
W. Afr. ii. pi. 22. 
8. T. senegalensis (Linn.) Temm. Pig. t. 45. — Columba cam- 
baiensis Gmel., Hist, de I'Egypt. Ois. t. 9- f. 3. ; Columba fegyp- 
tiaca Lath. ; Columba maculicoUis Wagl. 
9. T. chinensis (Scop.) Sonn. Voy. 11. t. 102. — Columba surat- 
tensis Gmel. ; Columba tigrina Temm. Pig. t. 43. 
10. T. semitorquatus (Rupp.) Faun. Abyss, t. 23. f. 2. 
11. T. alUventris — Turtur semitorquatus Swains. B. of W, Afr. 
11. 208. 
6. T. 6!7or9J/a/M« (Temm.) Temm. Pig. t. 40. 1 12. T. Z)M*5Mmim (Temm.) PI. col. 188., Knip et Prev. Pig. 
7. T. humilis (Temm.) PI. col. 259. 258., Knip et Prev. Pig. t.?. ) t. 20. 
* Proposed by Mr. Selby ; and adopted by Mr. Swainson, in his Class, of Birds, ii. 349.. in 1837- 
t EsUblished by Mr. Selby {Xat. Lihr. Ornith. v. p. 169.) in 1835. Peristera of M. Boie (1828) is coequal, but this name had been 
previously used by Mr. Swainson. 
September, 1844. 
