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 WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON. 



( Columba leucocephala.) 



Co. c&rulcscens, orbitis verticequt albis, remigibus rcctricibusque 



fuscis, terries viridi nitente margine nigro. 

 Blue Pigeon, with the orbits and top of the head white, the 



quills and tail brown, the cervix of a shining green, edged 



with black. 

 Columba leucocephala. Lath. 2nd. Orn. 2. 596. 5. Lin. Sytt. 



Nat. 1. 281. 14. Gwe/. Syst. Nat. Iffl.Temm. Pig. Ind. 45Q. 



Raii. Syn.p. 63. IVils.Amer. Orn. 

 Columba saxatilis Jamaicensis. Briss. Orn. 1. 137. 33. 

 Le Pigeon de rocbe de la Jamaique. Buff". Ois. 2. p. 529. 

 Colombe a calotte blanche. Temm. Pig. p. 204. 

 Bald-pated Pigeon. Broun. Jam. p. 468. 

 White-crowned Pigeon. Catesl. Carol. 1. 65. Penn. Arct. 



Zool. 2. No. iBg.Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 6l6. Wils. Amer. Orn. 



LENGTH thirteen inches : the beak red, with a 

 white tip : the eyes surrounded with a white 

 skin : the hides yellow.: the top of the head 

 white, forming a kind of cap ; beneath which it 

 is of a changeable purple : the neck is of a green 

 and blue colour, varied with a copper gloss ; the 

 hinder part of the neck is covered with feathers 

 of a scaly appearance, which reflect a metallic 

 tinge, and are terminated by a blackish border : 

 the upper and under parts of the body are of a 

 bluish-grey brown : the greater and lesser quills 

 brown : tail the same : the legs red, the claws 

 grey. 



This bird inhabits Jamaica, St. Domingo, and 



