RING PIGEON, OR CUSHAT. 141 



by a patch of white, which nearly meets behind, and 

 forms an imperfect demicollar round the lower and 

 back part of the neck. The mantle, scapulars, and 

 wing-coverts are deep bluish-grey. The breast and 

 belly purplish-red, passing towards the vent and 

 under tail-coverts into pale bluish-grey. The outer 

 ridge of the wing and a few of the greater coverts 

 are white. The quills are blackish -grey, their in- 

 terior webs conspicuously margined with white. 

 The upper surface of the tail is of a bluish-grey at 

 the base, passing gradually into black towards the 

 tip. The legs and feet are purplish-red. The 

 irides yellowish-white. 



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