102 CAPE PIGEON. 



coverts, are the same : the hinder part of the head 

 is of a fine red, reflecting the most brilliant tints 

 of pure gold, crimson and green ; this colour ex- 

 tends to the angles of the mouth : the wings and 

 the tail are dusky, the feathers of the latter ter- 

 minated with white : the rest of the plumage is of 

 a reddish blue ; the shades are more distinct on 

 the belly : the beak is black : the eyes have a 

 double iris, the inner one being greyish, and very 

 large, the other of a pomegranate red. Found 

 in Paraguay and Chili : it lives on the elevated 

 trees on the margins of woods. 



CAPE PIGliON. . 

 (Columba Capensis.) 



Co. corpore griseo-fu&co subtus albo, remigibus primoribtts laterc 

 interiore rrifis, rectricihus longissimis subtus nigris : cxtremA 

 utrinque excepia, qua extus apiccgue alba est. Mas. Jrontc 

 gul Ague nigris t alis macula- chalybco-splendente. 



Pigeon with the body of a grey-brown, beneath white ; the 

 quills on the inner webs edged with rufous ; the tail-feathers 

 very long, black beneath, the outer ones on each side excepted, 

 which are white at the tip, and on their inner web. Male, 

 with the forehead and throat black, the wings with a splendid 

 steel- coloured spot. 



Columba Capensis. Lath. Syst. Nat. 1. 286. 30. Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. i. 790. Brm. Orn. l. 120. 22. pi. g.f. 2. male. Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. 2. 6 14. 75.Temm. Pig. Ind. 4QO. 



