CINEREOUS PIGEON. 

 (Columba cinerea.) 



Co. cana, alls dorso et binis pennis caudce mediis exfusco cnnis, 

 pennis lateralibus nigris ; maculis quadrangular ibus et rotundis 

 in tegminibus alarum ; cauda quadratd. 



Hoary Pigeon, with the wings, back, and the two middle tail- 

 feathers, of a brown-grey ; the lateral feathers black j the 

 wing-coverts spotted with quadrangular and round shaped 

 marks ; the tail quadrate. 



Columba cinerea. Temm. Pig. Ind. 4JJ. 



Colombe Souris. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 299. 



SEVEN inches in length: the forehead, the throat, 

 and the whole of the under parts of this bird, are 

 white, with a slight tinge of grey-blue : the head, 

 the sides of the neck, and the upper part of the 

 back, are of a dark grey-blue : the shoulders, the 

 wing-coverts, the rump, the two intermediate tail- 

 feathers, and the lateral ones at the base, of a 

 greyish mouse-colour : the wing-coverts are marked 

 with several small round and- quadrangular spots, 

 of a blue-black colour : the quills are of a grey- 

 brown : the third part of the length of the lateral 

 feathers, and the same of the under part of the tail, 

 are black: the beak is yellow, and the feet are 

 red. Native of Brasil. 



