62 TAMBOUR PIGEON. 



and the rump, are of a brownish-red, changing to 

 purple or green, with a polished steel gloss, ac- 

 cording to the position with respect to the light : 

 the under parts of the body, as also the under 

 tail-coverts, are of an uniform red : the wing-quills 

 are dusky, externally bordered with grey-blue, as 

 are those of the tail : the beak is bluish : the legs 

 are of a vinaceous red, and the eyes are orange. 

 The female differs from the male in being plainer 

 in colour. 



This bird was observed to be very abundant in 

 the woods of the Antiniquoi : it is very difficult to 

 kill, as it seeks shelter in the most inaccessible 

 places among the trees. 



TAMBOUR PIGEON. 

 (Columba Tympanistria.) 



Co. fronte superciliis et pariibus inferioribus albis, collo dorso 



alisqve oUvaceo-Jvscis, remigibus rujis, cuuda fused, fascia nigrd 



in extremitate trium pennarum. 

 Pigeon \\ith the forehead, eyebrows, and under parts of the 



body white; the neck, hack, and wings of an oli ve- brown ; 



the quills rufous, the tail brown,- and a black fascia at the tip 



of three of its feathers. 



Columba Tympanistria. Temm. Pig. Ind. 475. 

 Tourterelle Tambourette. Le VailL Ois. d'Afriq. 6. p. 2/2. 

 Colombe Tambourette. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 287 . 



