VIOLET PIGEOV. 

 (Columba violacea.) 



Co.Jronte collo venire abdomineque albis, pectore ex candicante 

 violaceo, partibus supcrioribus ex viulaceo rufo, cervice et parte 

 dorsi superiore violaceo ex aureo nitente. 



Pigeon with the forehead, neck, belly, and abdomen, white ; 

 the breast of a hoary violet; the upper parts of the body 

 violet-red ; the cervix and superior part of the back violet, 

 with a trold gloss. 



Columba violacea. Tcmm. Pig. Ind. 470. 



Colombe a nuque violette. Tcmm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 26O. 



NATIVE of South America : nine inches in 

 length : the upper parts of its body, comprising 

 the wings and the whole of the tail-feathers, are 

 of a beautiful deep red-purple : the greater wing- 

 quills are reddish : on the nape are some brilliant 

 feathers, forming a kind of collar of a fine violet, 

 with golden reflections : the forehead, the throat, 

 the belly, the sides, the abdomen, and the under 

 tail-coverts are of a pure white : the breast is tinged 

 of a violet-purple, with bronzed reflections : the 

 eyes are placed in a reddish space : the beak and 

 the feet are reddish. 



