PURPLE VINAGO. 113 



Green Vinago, with the vent brown j the two middle tail- 

 feathers green, the rest cinereous tipped with white ; between 

 these colours is a transverse black stripe j the quills and 

 secondary feathers black, towards their tips margined with 

 yellow. 



Columba Psittacea. Temm. Pig. et Gall. Ind. p. 440. 



Columbar unicolor. Temm. Pig. Sf-c. 8vo. p. 4J. 



NATIVE of Timor and Java : length ten inches : 

 the head, the neck, and the whole of the under 

 parts of the body, as well as the back and the 

 wing-coverts, are of a clear green ; the great and 

 middle feathers of the wings are black, and the 

 latter are fringed with deep yellow : the tail 

 is of a deep grey at its base, black towards the 

 middle, and the rest of its length white ; the 

 two middle feathers are entirely green, as are 

 the inner webs of the one on each side the latter : 

 the under-coverts are green, with the extremities 

 of the feathers white : the beak is of a horn-colour ; 

 the naked skin at its base reddish : the feet are of 

 a dusky blue, and the claws brown. 



PURPLE VINAGO. 

 (Vinago vernans.) 



Vi. vindis, pectore lunulis duabus, supcriore violacea, inferiore 

 luteoj tfctricibus alarum jlavo-terminatis, caudAcano-al&cscente, 

 cano-terminatc. Femina, mridi-griscscent, sultus viridi Jta- 

 vicant. 



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