80 



CAMBAIAN PIGEON. 



thers half black, half grey; the wing-coverts of an ashy-grey^ 



and tiie abdomen white. 

 Columba Cainbayensis. Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 6og. 56. — GmeL 

 ■ Si/st. Nat. i. 779. 49. — Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 482. 

 Columba Senegalensis. Linn, Syst. Nat. 1. 283. — GmeL Syst* 



Nat, 1. 782. 26.— Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 6 10. 62. 

 Turtur gutture maculato Senegalensis. Briss. Orn. 1. p. 125. 



25 pf 8.f. 3. 



Tourterelle a gorge tachetee du Senegal. Buff. Ois. 2. 552. 

 La Tourterelle grie du Surate. Sonner. Voy. Lid, 2, 180. 

 Colombe Maillee. Le Vaill, Ois. d'Afriq. 6, p. 270. Temm. 



Pig, (8t)o.) p, 329. 

 Cambayan Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. 652. 47. 

 Senegal Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 655. 53. 



About ten inches in length : the head and the 

 upper part of the neck are of a beautiful vinaceous 

 colour : the whole of the feathers of the breast are 

 very much spotted ; it is of a rosy tint, beautifully 

 varied with black ; producing a kind of loose 

 scales t the upper part of the back is of a brownish 

 red ; each, feather being brown, terminated with 

 bright rosy : the wing-coverts nearest the body are 

 the same ; the others are grey-blue : the middle 

 feathers of the wing are ash-coloured; the quills 

 are dusky : the belly has a vinaceous tinge, which 

 colour inclines to white on the abdomen and the 

 inferior taiLcoverts, which latter are pure white : 

 the tail-feathers are black below, and for half their 

 length ; the rest is whitish ; above the six middle 

 feathers are of a brownish ash ; and the three 

 lateral ones on each side are deep ash at their 

 base, and white towards their tips : the beak is 

 blackish yellow towards the point : the eyjes are 



