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domen and the inferior tail-coverts are grey ; the 

 greater and lesser wing-quills, and those of the 

 tail, are of a greyish-ash ; the former having a 

 bright grey margin on their outer webs. The 

 back, the rump, and the inferior wing-coverts are 

 of a bluish-grey : the throat is white. The males 

 are distinguished by a patch of golden green on 

 the occiput ; the females have the plumage in 

 general less vivid, and the patch on the occiput is 

 of a reddish-violet colour : the beak, in both, is of 

 a livid colour, the feet are red, and the claws 

 brown. 



This species is found in Guiana, and in the 

 islands of Cuba, St. Domingo, and Jamaica. 



BLACK-CAPPED PIGEON. 

 (Columba melanocephala.) 



Co. viridis, capite cinerascentt, occipite nigro, guld, abdomineque 



flam*, critso purpureo-coccineo, caudd cequaH. 

 Green Pigeon, with the head dusky, the occiput black, the 



throat and abdomen yellow, the vent of a scarlet-purple, the 



tail equal. 

 Columba melanocephala. Gmel. Sytt. Nat. 1. 781. 54. Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 2. 610. Sg.Tcmm. Pig. lad. 470. 

 Turvert. Buff. Ois. 2. 555. 

 Tourterelle de Batavia. Buff. PI. Enl. 214. 

 Colombe Turgris. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 263. 

 Black-capped Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 654. 50. 



