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the third. Tail long, graduated; the feathers very 
broad and obtuse. The rump feathers very thick set. 
Bill short : the gonys angulated. Tarsus plumei . 
Minder toe longer than tlie tarsus. 
M. phasianella. I’l.Col. 100. infuscata. Lich. (Brazil.) 
Reinwardii. Ib. 248. 
Tubtur, Selby. TurtleM. Bill slender. Tarsus naked: 
the tarsus and hallux of equal length. Ihe outer 
toe shorter than the inner. , , „ 
Turtur Wings rather lengdiened ; the two first quiUs 
sliehtlv graduated. Tail moderate, even, or rounded. 
T migratorius. Selby, 56. f. 2. risorius. PI. Enl. 244. 
ffina, Selby, MSS. {fig.m-f) Wings len^gthened; the 
first three quiUs nearlyequal, and longer than theothers. 
Tail long, cuneated ; the two middle feathers narrowed. 
Feet very small. Represents Afnea. 
O. Capensis. Selby. Ois. d Af. 273. 
auBmepelia, Sw. Wings short, rounded ; the four 
first quills nearly equal, 
the tertials; the feathers very broad. Tail moderate, 
rounded. A line of feathers on the tarsus. Amenca. 
C cinnamomina. Spix, ii. 75. a. i. 1. 
T^ptotita, Sw. {fig. 299. b, e 800. 5) First quill sud. 
Lnly narrowed ; the fourth longest. 1 arsus length- 
ened! and much longer than the hallux. All the tees 
long and slender. Knees naked. Amenca only . 
P rufaxilla. Nat. Lib. v. pi- 24. 
PURISTERA, Sw. {fig. 299 . 6, «. 300. a) BiU lengthen- 
ed, slender. Wings pointed ; the second quill longest. 
T^il moderate. Tarsi rather short. Lateral toes equa^; 
hinder toe very short, not more than half the length 
of the middle toe. Australia only. 
P. calcoptera. Nat. Lib. v. pi. 21. scrjpta. PI. Col. 187. 
Ptiuophyros, Sw. CrownbirdA Size large. Wings 
» As the bronze-winged pigeons of New ' u™au'n such 
typical examples of tins genua, I have retained to tiieni, a , of this 
rases the subgctieric name ; but not having hnisht-d th game ob- 
Sy I do not venture to characterise the other subgencra - the same 
servation is applicable to the next genus, 
f See Voh !• P- 233. 
