BLUE PIGEON. 



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Tourterelle de la cote de Malabar. Sonner. Voy. Ind, 2. p. ] 80. 

 Colombe brame. Temm. Pig, (8vo.) p. 376. 

 Malabar Turtle. Lath, Gen. Syn. 4, 652, 48. 



Size of the Surat Turtle : beak and irides red : 

 the head, back, and wings, of a pale cinereous 

 grey: the neck and breast light vinaceous grey: 

 the middle wing-coverts marked with oval spots : 

 the two middle tail-feathers grey ; the others black 

 for two-thirds of their length, and from thence to 

 the end white : the belly white : the legs red. In- 

 habits the Malabar coast. 



BLUE PIGEON. 

 (Columba cserulea.) 



Co. carulea, guld, genis ventreque albis, pectore vinaceo^fusco, 



apice rostri albescente. 

 Blue Pigeon, with the throat, cheeks, and belly^ white, the 



breast of a brownish vinaceous, and the tip of the beak 



whitish. 



Columba cserulea. Temm, Pig, Ind. 

 Colombe azuree. Temm, Pig, (8ro.) p, 290. 



The whole of the upper parts of this beautiful 

 little Pigeon are of a brilliant lively azure: the 

 cheeks and the throat are pure white : the lower 

 part of the neck and the breast are of a brownish 



