COLUMBINE. 
(Ena Selby * 
Bill very slender and moderate. Wings lengthened, with the first three quills nearly equal, and 
longer than the others. Tail very long and much cuneated, with the two middle feathers narrowed. 
Tarsi nearly the length of the middle toe, and slender. Toes moderate, with the lateral ones nearly 
equal. 
The type is found on the trees that border the river, of the southern parts of Afriea. Its habits are unknown 
except tbit it is in low tree, or bushes that the females form their nest, where, n are deported two eggs. 
(E. capensis (Linn.) Selby, PI. enl. 140. -Columba atrogularis Wagl. 
Turtur Selby, f 
Bill slender and straight, with the tip slightly arched and acute. Wings rather lengthened, with the 
first two quills rather graduated, and the second and third the longest. Tail moderate, even, or rounded. 
Tarsi rather shorter than the middle toe, and scutellated in front. Toes very long and slender, with the 
outer one shorter than the inner ; the claws moderate and slightly curved. 
, ir0 foun( j ; n various parts of Europe, Africa, and India, in the woods, jungles, &c., where they are 
T discovered by their cooing notes. Those of Europe migrate on the approach of winter to the southern parts, 
generally discov J. by h ^ ^ the warmer months . It is generally in small flocks of about twenty, and in the 
open cultivated ground, that they seek their food, which consists for the most part of grams, grass seeds, &c., but occa- 
sionally ^they^ attack the pea fields on the ripening of the peas. The nest is formed in the closest woods, of small twigs 
loosely put together, in which the female lays two eggs. 
1. T. auritus Ray, Temm. Pig. t. 42.-Columba Turtur Linn . ; 
Turtur migratorius Selby. 
2. T. meena (Sykes), Proc. Z. S. 1831. 1 49 - - Columba gelastis 
Temm. PI. col. 550., Knip et Prev. Pig. t.27. 
3. T. lugens (Rupp.) Faun. Abyss, t. 22. f. 2. 
4 T risorius (Linn.) Selby, Temm. Pig. t. 44. 
5. T. vinaceus (Gmel.) — Columba erythrophrys Swains. B. of 
W. Afr. ii. pi. 22. 
6. T. bitorquatus (Temm.) Temm. Pig. t. 40. 
7. T. humilis (Temm.) PL col. 259- 258., Knip et Prev. Pig. t.7. 
8. T. senegalensis (Linn.) Temm. Pig. t. 45. — Columba cam- 
baiensis Gmel., Hist, de l’Egypt. Ois. t.9. f- 3. ; Columba ®gyp- 
tiaca Lath. ; Columba maculicollis Wagl. 
9. T. chinenm (Scop.) Sonn. Voy. 11. t 102. — Columba surat- 
tensis Gmel. ; Columba tigrina Temm. Pig. t. 43. 
10. T. semitorquatus (Rupp.) Faun. Abyss, t. 23. f. 2. 
11. T. albiventris — Turtur semitorquatus Swains. B. of W. Afr. 
11. 208. 
12. T . Dussumieri (Temm.) PL col. 188., Knip et Prev. Pig. 
t. 20. 
previously used by Mr. Swainson. 
September , 1844. 
