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arises at the base of the beak, and is continued 

 beneath the eyes to the nape : the upper parts of 

 the head, the greater and lesser wing-coverts, the 

 back, the rump, and the two intermediate tail- 

 feathers are of a deep brown, changing, according 

 to the light, to a metallic tinge : the sides of the 

 neck, the upper parts of the back and the breast 

 are of a green gold, changing to an elegant rich 

 violet-purple : the breast is vinaceotis, with lively 

 reflections : the belly is also vinaceous ; which 

 colour is gradually absorbed in the white of the 

 abdomen and the under coverts of the tail : the 

 primary and secondary .quills, the rest of the wing, 

 and the lateral tail-feathers are of a bright red : 

 a naked space near the eyes, and the beak and feet 

 are rufescent ; the point of the former yellowish. 

 Inhabits America. 



GARNET-WINGED PIGEON. 

 (Columba erythroptera.) 



Co. nigra, cervice hnmeris tectricibusque alarum ruberrimis, dorso 

 rcmigibutquc nigris, fronte superciliit gutture pcctorcque albis, 

 cauda a medio ad apicem cinerta. 



Black Pigeon, with the cervix, shoulders, and wing-coverts 

 reddish; the back and quills black; the forehead, eyebrows, 

 throat, and breast white j the tail from the middle to the tip 

 cinereous. 



