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ST. THOMAS VINAGO. 

 (Vinago Militaris.) 



Vi. viridis, capite cano, collo pectorequejlavis,jascia C(eruleo*cana 



in cervice, carpo alte violaceo, ventre virescente-cano. 

 Green Vinago, with the head hoary, the neck and breast yellow, 



the top of the neck with a hoary-blue hand, the bend of the 



wings violet, the belly of a hoary-green. 

 Columba milituris. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 43p. 

 Columba Sancta Thomae. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. p. 600. 24. 



Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 7/8. 46. -Briss. Orn. 1. 174. 40. 

 Colombar Commandeur. Temm. Pig. et Gall. edit. Qvo. p. 3Q. 

 St. Thomas Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 631. 22. 



LENGTH twelve -inches and a half: the whole of 

 the head, as far as the orifice of the ears, is of a 

 clear blue-grey : on the breast is a large yellow 

 shield, the extremities of which reach upwards to 

 the top of the back, surrounded with a grey-blue 

 zone : the rest of the upper parts are of a dull 

 apple-green, changing to grey towards the rump : 

 the feathers at the bend of the wing are of a 

 beautiful purple-brown, forming a kind of epau- 

 lette : the middle and the greater feathers of the 

 wing are black, the former edged with yellowish 

 white, and the latter with yellow-olive ; with a 

 smaller border of yellowish white : the belly and 

 the whole of the under parts of the wings are of 

 a greyish-white : the thighs are pale yellow : the 

 inferior tail-coverts are red, each feather terminated 

 witli white : the upper part of the tail is half 



