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flections on the throat and the breast: beneath 

 the eyes, and on the throat, is a large patch of 

 earthy yellow colour : the shoulders, the scapu- 

 lars, and the lesser wing-coverts, are of a viola- 

 ceous purple, with rich reflections : the greater 

 coverts and the secondary feathers are dusky, 

 with a purplish reflection : the general colour of 

 the back, and the whole of the tail-feathers, is 

 dusky: the thighs, the abdomen, and also the 

 under tail-coverts, are of a beautiful ferruginous : 

 the greater quills are of a lively red : the feet are 

 red : and the beak and claws brown. 



This fine species inhabits the Friendly Islands 

 in the South Seas. 



SCOLLOP-NECKED PIGEON. 

 (Co hi nib; i speciosa.) 



Co. fcrruginca, caudd nigricante, collo inferiore pecloreque rufo 



albo purpureoque undulatis. 

 Ferruginous Pigeon, with a dusky tail, the neck beneath and 



the breast undulated with rufous, white, and purple. 

 Columba speciosa. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 783. Lot A. Ind. Orn. 



2. 605. 45- Temnt. Pig. Ind. 460. 

 Le Ramiret. Bit/. Ois. 2. 541. 

 Pigeon ramier de Cayenne. Bujf. PL Enl. p. 213. 

 Colombo nuniret. Temm. Pig. (Svo.J 20S. 

 Scollop- necked Pigeon. Lath. Ind. Orn. 4. 643. 3p. 



NEAR fourteen inches in length : beak red, co- 

 vered with a white cere : the head ferruginous : 



