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VINACEOUS PIGEON. 







(Columba vinacea.) 



Co. capife collo et partibus inferioribus vinaceo purpureu t alts 



dorso cauddque nigricantefuscis. 

 Pigeon with the head, and under parts of the body, of a vinaceous 



purple ; the wings, back, and tail, of a dusky brown. 

 Columba vinacea. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 477- 

 Colombe vineuse. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 303. 



THE total length of this species is ten inches : 

 its head, neck, and the whole of the under parts 

 of the body, are of a beautiful vinaceous colour 

 or purple : the wings, the back, and the tail, are 

 of an uniform sooty-brown : the beak is black, the 

 feet are reddish brown, and the claws are brown. 

 Inhabits Guiana. 



BROWN PIGEON. 



(Columba brunnea.) 



Co. pileo collo supra dorso tectricibusf/tue alarum brunneis, pec- 

 tore collo subtus uropygiogue viridi-splendidis. 



Pigeon with the top of the head, the neck above, the back, and 

 the wing-coverts, brown; the breast, neck beneath, and rump, 

 of a splendid green. 



