6 NAKED-CHEEKED PIGEON. 



the back of the neck, which has the appearance of 

 velvet : the scapulars are of a grey- brown ; the 

 greater wing quills, and those of the tail, are of a 

 slate-colour : the feet are red, with black claws : 

 the base of the beak reddish : irides orange, with 

 a papillated naked reddish skin round the eyes : 

 the tail is composed of twelve feathers. Inha- 

 bits South America. Nothing is known of its 

 manners. 



NAKED-CHEEKED PIGEON. 

 (Columba Gymnopthalmus.) 



Co. capite collo pectore abdomineque dilute vinaceis pennis squa- 

 moiis ad latera colli, dorso alisque Juscis, uropygio et pennis 

 caudce cants. 



Pigeon, with the head, neck, breast and abdomen pale wine- 

 coloured ; the feathers on the sides of the neck scale-like ; the 

 back and wings brown ; the rump and feathers of the tail 

 hoary. 



Columba Gymnopthalmus. Temm. Pig. Ind. 463, 



Colomba Jou-nud. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) 225. 



LENGTH thirteen inches : round the eyes a large 

 patch of naked skin, covered with small fleshy 

 papillae of a beautiful deep blue : the head, the 

 upper part of the neck, the throat, and the breast 

 of a fine vinaceous tint, which colour descends 

 over the belly and thighs in a diluted state : the 

 nape and the sides of the lower part of the neck 



