BLACK-WINGED PIGEON. 1O1 



towards the sides it is purplish, and possesses a 

 metallic reflection : the whole of the upper parts 

 are of an earthy-brown : the scapulars and the 

 greater coverts are spotted with black : the quills 

 are dusky, the exterior margin edged with grey- 

 ish-white : the belly is of a brownish-ash : the 

 tail-feathers are grey, the whole, except the two 

 middle ones, tipped with white : the beak is black, 

 and the legs reddish. 



BLACK-WINGED PIGEON. 

 (Columba melanoptera.) 



Co. capite collogue rubro-violaceis, occipite rufo-violaceo aureo- 

 nitente, dorso et partibus inferioribus ceeruleo-rufcscentibtu, 

 alis caudaque nigrescentibus, pennis caudtE albo-terminatis. 



Pigeon with the head and neck of a red violet j the occiput the 

 same, with golden reflections ; the back and under parts of 

 the body of a reddish-blue ; the wings and tail dusky, the 

 feathers of the latter terminated with white. 



Columba melanoptera. Molin. Chili, p. 3Q8.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 

 1. 790. 70.--.LaM. Ind. Orn. 2. 6 15. 78. Temm. Pig. Ind. 

 488. 



Colombo ni61anoptere. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 35Q. 



Black-winged Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. fiup. II. 271. 



TWELVE inches in length : the anterior half of 

 the head is of a reddish violet-colour ; the whole 

 of the neck, the breast, and the upper wing- 



