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CRESTED TURTLE. 
Turtur? lophotes, 
PLATE XVIII. 
Columba lophotes, Temminck, PI. Col. pi. 142, Le m^e 
n'dgler, Syst. Av. sp. 103. 
The general contour of this bird, as well as the 
form of its bill and feet, plainly indicate its near re- 
lationship to the turtles, among which we have pro- 
visionally placed it, though it is likely it may form, 
in conjunction with the Columba humeralis of Tem- 
minck, and some other species, in which the tail is 
long and considerably graduated, a separate or sub- 
generic group. It is distinguished from all its con- 
geners, and rendered remarkable by its long occipi- 
tal crest, which, in form as well as in the quality of 
the feathers of which it is composed, exactly resem- 
bles that of the common Peewit f Vanelltts cristatus). 
Its native country is Australia, and it inhabits the 
interior and mountainous districts of that interesting 
country ; but we regret to add, that of its peculiar 
habits and economy we have no detailed accounts, — 
a loss the more to be regretted, as it is from our 
knowledge of these that the proper position of the 
