TEXAjST turtle-dove. 
235 
•with bars of light yellowish-grey and black lines ; under tail coverts dull 
yellow. 
Total length 7i inches ; bill along the edge ; wing from flexure 5f. 
Second quill longest, third almost equal. Tail to the end of the upper 
feathers 3£ ; tarsus ; middle toe I, its claw £. Strongly pectinated. 
FAMILY XXIX.*— COLUMBINE. .PIGEONS. 
Genus I.f— COLUMBA, Linn. DO YE. 
TEXAN TURTLE-DOVE. 
Columba Trudeauii, Aud. 
PLATE CCCCXCVL— Male. 
I am indebted for this new species to my companion Mr. J. G. Bell, 
who received it from Texas; but, unfortunately, no notes connected with the 
habits of this handsome Dove were forwarded by the person who procured it. 
In naming it after my excellent friend Doctor Trudeau, of New York, I 
only pay another very slight tribute to his great attainments as an accom- 
plished ornithologist and student of nature. 
Texan Turtle-Dove, Columba Trudeauii , Aud. 
104. 
One specimen, procured in Texas. 
Male. 
Upper part of the head and neck purplish, with rich reflections of golden- 
green on the hind parts ; a black spot on the sides of the throat, and bill 
black ; throat and neck purplish-buff; sides and under wing coverts ash-grey, 
as well as the lower tail coverts ; vent white ; shoulders, back and two middle 
tail feathers, brownish-olive ; a large patch of white formed by the first row 
* See vol. iv. p. 311. 
f Ibid. p. 312. 
