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WAALIA VINAGO. 

 (Vinago Abyssinica.) 



Vi. viridis, capite colloque cinereis, vcntrejlavo, tectricibus alarum 

 minoribus violaceiSj remigibus pennisque secundariis nigris mar- 

 gine Jiavis, rectricibus cinereis. Femina, venire non Jlavo ; 

 pennis omnibus virescentibus. 



Green Vinago, with the head and neck grey, the belly yellow, 

 the lesser wing-coverts violet, the quills and secondary fea- 

 thers black, bordered with yellow, the tail-feathers cinereous. 

 Female without the yellow belly, but all the feathers greenish. 



Columba Abyssinica. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. p. 40. 3. mas. 

 Temm. Pig. Ind. 443. 



Le Pigeon Colombar. Le Vaill. Ois. tfAfrique. 6. p. 276 and 



277- 



Colombar Waalia. Temm. Pig. (8vo.} p. 65.. 

 Waalia Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. II. p. 269. 



THIS bird measures eleven inches and a half in 

 length : the beak is large and very strong : the 

 male has the whole of his head, the neck, as far as 

 the breast, of a grey colour, shaded with olive- 

 green : the scapulars, the back, the rump, and the 

 upper tail-coverts are of a fine violet : the greater 

 coverts, the secondary feathers, and the quills are 

 black, bordered with yellow : the belly is of a 

 beautiful yellow : the abdomen is white : the under 

 tail-coverts are of a chesnut-red, tipped with 

 bright red : the tail-feathers, which are fourteen 

 in number, are of a grey-blue above, and black 

 tipped with bright grey beneath: the tarsi are 

 covered with feathers for half their length, the 



