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CAPE TURTLE. 
Eclopxstes ? Capensis. 
PLATE XX. 
Columba Capensis, Auct . — Columba atrogularis. Wag. Sgst. 
Av. sp. 108. — ^Tourterelle a cravatte noire du Cap. de B. 
rap. Buff. PI. Enl. p. 140 Colombe' tourteletto, Temm. 
Pig. 8vo, i. p. 3GG. pi. S3. — Id. PI. Colonies, Jeune male, 
pi. 341. fig. 2. 
The great length of the tail of this pretty species, 
which of itself measures six inches, gives it an ap - 
pearance of bulk, which it does not in reality possess, 
as the body scarcely exceeds that of the common 
lark in size. Its wings are moderately long, and 
I’eacb, when closed, to about the third the length of 
the tail ; the second quill-feather rather exceeds the 
first, and is the longest in the wing. The tail is 
greatly cuneated, and, like that of the Passenger 
Turtle, consists of twelve feathers, the tips of which 
are rounded, except the two middle ones, which are 
generally worn to a point. The bill is very slender, 
without emargination, and the upper mandible very 
gently deflected towards the tip. The tarsi and 
toes are short, the claws blunt, and but little hooked, 
shewing it to be partly ambulatory in its habits. 
