MADAGASCAR PIGEON. 



(Columba Madagascariensis.) 



Co. pedibus plumosis, caudd violacca, corpore c<eruleo-nigro. 

 Pigeon, with the feet feathered, the tail violet, and the body of 



a blue-black. 

 Columba Madagascariensis. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 283. 21. 



Gmcl. Syst. Nat. p. 779. Briss. Orti. 1. 140. 36. t. 14. f. 1- 



Lath. Jnd. Orn.2. 604. 4O. Temm. Pig. Ind. 463. 

 Colombe Fourningo. BnJF. Ois. 2. 53Q. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriquc. 



6. pi. 266. Temm. Pig. (8uo.) p. 'ill. 

 Pigeon ramier bleu du Madagascar. Buff. PI. Enl. 1 1 . 

 Madagascar Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 640. 35. 



THIS beautiful species is ten inches and a half 

 in length : the principal part of its plumage is of 

 a blue-black, shaded with violet : the tail-feathers 

 and its inferior coverts are of a clear purple-violet: 

 the eyes are situated in a naked space of a dull 

 red colour : the feet, which are covered with fea- 

 thers from the origin of the toes, are red : the beak 

 is of the same colour, with the point dusky : the 

 claws are black. 



This species is found in Madagascar and the 

 southern parts of Africa, where it frequents deep 

 forests. 



