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two eggs, of a very pale buff colour ; sometimes, 

 however, they are considerably darker. 



When seen alive, or recently killed, the affinity 

 of the Partridge-dove to the Mountain Witch is 

 very apparent; the stout form, the colour of the 

 feet, of the beak, and of the eyelids, and particularly 

 the conical form of the head, and a tendency to the 

 projecting hood-like plumage of the occiput, help 

 to indicate its true place. It has little resemblance 

 to either a Zenaida or a Peristera. The flesh is 

 very w^hite ; like that of its congener. 



The woodsmen speak of a Blue Partridge, and 

 a Red-necked Dove ; the former is figured by Ro- 

 binson, and is no doubt a ground pigeon. The . 

 Spanish Partridge (Starncenas cyanocephala) is not 

 considered as indigenous in Jamaica, though it is 

 frequently imported thither from Cuba. It may, 

 however, yet be found in the precipitous woods 

 of the north side ; Albin, Brisson, BufFon, and 

 Temminck, attribute it positively to our island. 



