478 BIRDS. PASSERES. . 74 - Columba. 
Inhabits China: fize of the laft. , ysllo"' 
Bill, irids and k^s red ; wings brown, with a tranfverle y 
bar ; rump and tail grey-alb ; btlly purplifii-gr®) ' 
the feathers 
at the tip- „ Jd- 
JEgyptian 
^ Inhabits y£^y^(. Frequents houfes. 
Bill black ; head violet flefli-colour ; orbits naked, ^ 
back cinereous ; breajl vu)let flelh-colour ; beUy 
whitifli ; wings brown ; 2 outermoll tail-feathers e oC 
at the bafe, black in the middle, the reft 
each hde cinereous at the bafe, black in the middle, e hre"'": 
below and whitifh ’at the tips; the fifth on each ' 
oiifoletc -black in the middle ; 2 middle ones wholly 
kgs flelli-colour. 
ck 
Purina- Cinereous, beneath whitifh ; chin varied with 
menfis, green ; bill blue, Surinatt^ 
Inhabits the woods of Surinam : lo inches long- 
^gyptiaca Teftaceous flefhrcolour ; chin fpotted, 
2-lobed, truncate and ferruginous 
*Bifori<t, Above pale yellow; peck above with a black -//n 
Collared 
2. Brown, beneath grey-claret ; crown grey ; black ^ jjJeJ- 
on the neck above fpotted with white ; lateral ta 
thers black, fpotted with white. 
Inhabits Europe and India : larger than the Turtle-“*’'j 
Bill blackifh ; irids red ; body beneath white ; tip' 
feathers grcy-biown ; tail cinereous, the lateral feat 
with vy’hite. 
Pajferina. Wings and tail duiky ; body purplifli ; bill and 
2i Body with a few white fpots. 
3* Eyes chefnut ; body inclining to reddifh. r pijH/ 
4- Eyes chefnut ; feathers of the neck and breaft 
colours. jjefit* 
Inhabits tlie warm parts of America : 6 ? inches long - 
rocky and mountainous places, and feeds on feeds- , j/iif 
Bt/Z blackifli at the tip; in’cfr orange ; head, r>eeh . j|i 
above cinereous, beneath and front vinaceous ; 
breajl fpotted with brown ; 2 middle tail-feathers dn* ^ 
the reft blackifh. 
