42 ROSE PIGEON. 



neck and breast varied with rufous, white, and 

 purplish blue ; each feather being rufous at the 

 base, then white, with blue margins, giving that 

 part the appearance of a coat of mail : the shoul- 

 ders, the back, and the lesser wing-coverts are of a 

 ferruginous purple : the greater quills are of an 

 ashy brown ; the lesser are the same, but not so 

 dark : the tail is dusky : the belly, the abdomen, and 

 the inferior tail-coverts are whitish, with violaceous 

 tinges towards the sides : the feet are red, the 

 claws brown : the female is less brilliant in colour ; 

 the back and the wings are greyish ; the quills and 

 tail-feathers are of a grey brown ; and the under 

 parts of the body are of a dull white, with a slight 

 violet hue towards the sides. Inhabits Cayenne, 

 where it is abundant. 



ROSE PIGEON. 

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(Columba miniata.) 



Co. cupite cano, partibus inferioribus vinacco-canis, cotto dorsogue 

 purpurco-violaceis, pcnrtis mediis caudce nigris, lateralibus albo 

 terminatis, humeris spadiceis, pennis colli bifiircu. 



Pigeon with a hoary head j the under parts of the body of a 

 hoary red ; the neck and back of a purple- violet ; the middle 

 of the tail-feathers black, the lateral ones terminated by 

 white ; the shoulders chesnut-coloured ; the feathers of the 

 neck bifurcated. 



Columba miniata. Temm. Pig. Ind. 46(). 



Grande Tourterelle de la Chine. S'.mncr. Voy. Ind. 2. 178- 



Colomba Mordoree. Ttmm. Pig. (Q-co.) p. 36p. 



