. Illustrations of ornithology . r /■////// /-,/ //rfvfy 98. •u/ m Ar 2c<4t m A-z ~L/lca T COLUMBA TKOCAZ, Pigeon. PLATE XCVIII. C. Mas. corpore plumbeo, pectore superioreque abdominis vinaceis; remigibus ni-gris 2da, 3tia, 4ta, albo marginatis; cauda nigra medio supra plumbeo fasciata,subtus fascia fere alba; rostro pedibusque rubris. Fcem. Coloribus obscurioribus. Our figure is taken from specimens procured by Mr Carruthers in1827, during his residence in Madeira. We have also specimens from MrBtjlwer, agreeing in every way with the present. The species appearsundescribed,
. Illustrations of ornithology . r /■////// /-,/ //rfvfy 98. •u/ m Ar 2c<4t m A-z ~L/lca T COLUMBA TKOCAZ, Pigeon. PLATE XCVIII. C. Mas. corpore plumbeo, pectore superioreque abdominis vinaceis; remigibus ni-gris 2da, 3tia, 4ta, albo marginatis; cauda nigra medio supra plumbeo fasciata,subtus fascia fere alba; rostro pedibusque rubris. Fcem. Coloribus obscurioribus. Our figure is taken from specimens procured by Mr Carruthers in1827, during his residence in Madeira. We have also specimens from MrBtjlwer, agreeing in every way with the present. The species appearsundescribed, until noticed by Dr Heinekest, in a short paper upon thebirds of Madeira, printed in Dr Brewsters Journal of Science, where hesuggests, if new, the specific title of Trocaz, from the provincial namegiven to it in the island. We can add nothing to the Doctors descriptions,which agree nearly with the specimens in our possession, and which wenow transcribe. Brownish-ash ; head, neck, breast, vent and rump, ash; neck imbri-cated, and together with s
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