54 CAYENNE PIGEON. 



outer edge of the wings and the quills black, with 

 whitish edges : body above and tail greenish-ash 

 colour ; end of the tail dusky : legs bluish : claws 

 black. Inhabits India." Latham has described 

 the above as a species ; but Temminck seems to 

 think that it is not distinct :* further observation 

 may furnish us with the true state of the subject. 



CAYENNE PIGEON. 



(Columba Ruffina.) 



"-, 

 Co. subviolacea, guld, remigibus, rectridbusque grisctscentibus , 



dorso postice griseo-cxrulescente. Mas. plumis occipitalibus 



viridi- n itentibus. 

 Subviolet Pigeon, with the throat, quills, and tail-feathers 



greyish ; the back behind of a grey-blue. Male, with the 



feathers of the occiput of a shining green. 

 Columba ruffina. Teinm. Pig. Ind. 4QJ. 

 Colombe roussette. Tcmm. Pig. (8uo.)*245. 

 Pigeon ramier de Cayenne. Jtunn. tab. Ency. Orn. p. 234. 8. 



A NEW species described by Temminck : it is 

 eleven inches and a half in length: its wings are 

 very short in proportion to its tail : the under 

 part of its neck, the upper part of its back, and 

 the lesser wing-coverts are of a deep red, shaded 

 with a tint of violet ; which latter colour pre- 

 dominates over the belly, which is shaded with 

 greyish-vinaceous towards the thighs : the ab- 



