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COLLARED SENEGAL PIGEON. 



(Columba risoria.) 



Co. supra lutescens suUus alha, lunula cervicali nigra. 



Pigeon above yellowish, beneath white, with a black lunule on 



the back of the neck. 

 Columba risoria. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 285. — GmeL Syst.Nat. \ , 



787-33. — Lath. Ltd, Orn.2.607.5l.— Temm.Pig. Ind.p.4S.l. 

 Columba vinacea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 6ll. 63. — Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 782. 57. 

 Turtur torquatus. Briss. Orn. 1. 95. 



Turtur torquatus Senegalensis. Briss. Orn. 1. 124. t. 2.f. 1. 

 Turtur indicus. liaii, Syn. p. 6l. 3. 



La Tourteielle a collier. Buff. Ois. 2. 550. fl 26.— Buff. PL 

 Enl. 244. 



La Tourterelle a collier du Senegal. Buff. Ois. 2. 553. — Buff. 

 PI. Enl. 161. 



Tourterelle blonde. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. 6. pi. 268. 

 Colombe blonde. Temm. Pig. {8vo.) p. 323. 

 Indian Turtle. Hayes. Brit. Birds, pi. 13. 

 Collared Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 64S. 42. 

 Collared Senegal Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 606. 54. 



Length six inches and a half: the whole of the 

 plumage is of an agreeable pearly grey, with a 

 slight purplish tint : the fore-part of the head, and 

 the under parts of the body, are whitish : the back 

 and wings are of a yellowish bay tint : the quills 

 are dusky, bordered with yellow : the tail-feathers 

 are ash- coloured above, and all, except the two 

 middle ones, are tipped with white ; the most out- 

 ward one on each side being entirely white on its 

 exterior web : the upper part of the neck is sur- 



