TURTLE PIGEON. 



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Var. &,fusca macula later ali colli albo nigroque mria^ rectricibus 



cinereis; later alibus latere exterior e omnibus apice albis. 

 Brown, with the spot on the sides of the neck varied with black 



and white, the tail-feathers cinereous, and the outer ones 



entirely white on the external web at the tip. 

 Columba Turtur. y. Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 606. — Temm, Pig, 



Ind. 479. 



Turtur lusitanicus. Briss. Orn. I. 98. 9. 

 Tourterelle de Portugal. Buff. Ois, 2. 556. 

 Portugal Dove. Jlbin, 2. pL 48. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 646. 

 var, B. 



Var, y. griseo cinerea subtus vinaceo grisea, maculi colli nigra, 

 pennis apice albis, rectricibus intermediis duabus uigris, latera^ 

 libus albis. 



Grey ash-colour j beneath of a vinaceous grey 5 neck with a black 

 spot, the feathers tipped .with white 5 the two middle tail-fea- 

 thers black, the lateral ones white. 



Columba Turtur ^. Lath, Ind, Orn. 2. 606. — Temm, Pig, Ind, 



479. 



Colombe Tourterelle, var. Temm, Pig. (8uo.) p. 312. 

 La Tourterelle de Tiles du Lugon. Sonner. Voy. Ind. p. 52. ph 

 22. 



Luzonian Turtle. Lath, Gen, Syn. 4. 646. c. 



This elegant species is twelve inches in length : 

 the beak is brown : the irides yellow ; a naked 

 space beneath and behind the eyes of a purplish 

 red : the top of the head and upper part of the 

 neck behind cinereous : on each side of the neck 

 is a patch of black feathers, tipped with white : 

 the back is brown, dashed with cinereous, the 

 margin of each feather lightest : the scapulars 

 and wing-coverts black, deeply margined with fer- 

 ruginous brown : quills dusky brown, with light 

 edges : the forehead and chin dull white : breast 

 pale vinaceous : belly and under tail-coverts white : 

 the sides above and thighs are ash-coloured : upper 



