86 MALABAR PIGEON. 



the breast, and the belly, are of a vinaceous hue : 

 the sides of the neck are spotted in the middle, 

 they are black at their origin, and terminate in 

 clear vinaceous ; they have the appearance of a 

 coat of mail : the upper part of the back, and the 

 smaller wing-coverts, are of a much deeper vina- 

 ceous than the breast : the scapulars, the seconda- 

 ries, and the quills, are of a grey-brown, which 

 colour predominates on the two middle tail-fea- 

 thers ; the other feathers are of a black-grey at 

 their origin, and then black for three-fourths of 

 their length, and terminated with a spot of grey- 

 ish-ash : the under part of the tail is black, termi- 

 nated with whitish-grey : the back, the rump, and 

 the sides of the body, are grey : the abdomen, 

 and the under tail-coverts, are of a vinaceous 

 white : the beak red : the feet are bluish-grey. 

 Found in the island of Madagascar. 



MALABAR PIGEON. 

 (Columba Malabarica.) 



Co. cinerea subtus alba alts medio maculis ovatis, rectricibus late* 



ralibus d, basi ultra medium nigris, reliqua parte albis. 

 Cinereous Pigeon, beneath white, with ovate spots in the middle 



of the wings ; the lateral tail-feathers from the base to the 



middle black, the rest white. 

 Columba Malabarica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 779- 50. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 60p. 57. Temm. I'ig. Ind. p. 483. 



