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colour : the great and middle quills are grey : the 

 three lateral ones on each side of the tail are en- 

 tirely black at their base, and for three-fourths of 

 their length ; their outer webs are greyish white, 

 as are their tips ; the intermediate feathers are of 

 an earthy brown : the abdomen is white. Native 

 of India. Length eleven inches : beak black : legs 

 red. 



DUFRESNE'S PIGEON. 



(Columba Dufresnii.) 



Co. brunneo-purpurascens mutabilis, capite cterulescenti-griseo, 

 collo utrinque superne nigro-maculato, remigibus brunneis ex- 

 terne~tenue pallido-marginatisi uropygio a/bido, rectricibus sub- 

 tus nitrris apice albidis ; quatuor exterioribus utrinque supra 

 nigris arrixeo-terminatis ; reliquis brunneis. 



Brown Pigeon, inclining to changeable purple ; head bluish- 

 grey ; neck on each side mottled with black ; wing-quills 

 brown externally, with a narrow border of pale colour; vent 

 whitish; tail-quills underneath black, with white tips; the 

 four exterior ones on each side above black, terminated with 

 grey ; the rest brown. 



Columba Dufresnii. Leach MSS. 



THIS species visits the Isle of France in February 

 in troops, and frequents running water : it is sup- 

 posed by Colonel Mathieu, (who presented it to 

 Monsieur Dufresne, in whose valuable museum 

 Dr. Leach observed it, and drew up the above de- 

 scription) to migrate from the Isles Sachelle. 



