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NAKED-FRONTED VINAGO. 



(Vinago Calva.) 



Vi. viridis, fronte orbitisque nudis luteis, alls carpo violaceo, 

 remigibus nigris, secundariisjlavo-marginatis, rectricibus inter- 

 mediis viridibus, later alibus cinereis. 



Green Vinago, with the forehead and orbits naked and yellow j 

 the bend of the wing violet ; the quills black, the secondaries 

 edged with yellow ; the middle tail-feathers green, the lateral 

 ones cinereous. 



Columba Calva. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 442. 



Colombar a front nud. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 63. 



INHABITS Africa, on the coasts of Loango and 

 Angola. It is described by Temminck ; and is 

 distinguished from all others of the genus by 

 having a large bare space on the forehead ; this 

 greatly resembles the same part on the head of the 

 common Coot, and whilst the bird is alive it is of 

 a lively orange-colour ; but on its death it loses 

 all its colour : the length of the bird is eleven 

 inches : its beak is horn-coloured or greyish silver : 

 the head, the neck, the breast, and the whole of 

 the under parts of the plumage are of a fine clear 

 green : the top of the back is of a grey-ash : the 

 rest of the upper parts are deep green : the bend 

 of the wing is of a deep violet : the bastard wing 

 and the secondary quills are black ; the seconda- 

 ries and middle wing-coverts have a border of 

 whitish yellow : the middle tail-feathers are green ; 

 the lateral ones have their base and three-fourths 



