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GREAT-TAILED PIGEON. 

 (Columba macroura.) 



Co.caudd aqualt longitttdinc corporis, corpore cinnamomeo sitbtus 

 albido, rectricibus apice albis. 



Pigeon with an equal tail the length of the body, which is cin- 

 namon-coloured above, and whitish beneath ; the tail-feathers 

 tipped with white. 



Columba macroura. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 790. Lath. Ind. Om. 

 2. 615. 76. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 485. 



La Tourterelle a large queue, ou Tourocco. Buff. Ois. 2. 553. 

 Buff. PL Enl. 320. 



Colombe Tourocco. Temm. Pig* (8vo.) 



Great-tailed Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 667. 66. 



THIS bird is remarkable for the great size of its 

 tail, which occupies above half the length of the 

 body : the head, the neck, and the whole of the 

 upper parts of the body, the wings and the tail, 

 are of a reddish cinnamon-colour : the breast is of 

 a vinaceous red ; and the whole of the under parts 

 of the body are reddish white : the throat is white, 

 as are the lateral feathers of the tail : the beak 

 and legs are red. Inhabits Senegal and other 

 parts of Africa. 



