RED-BELLIED GOURA. 127 



nostrils are greatly elevated, and form two tuber- 

 cles at the base of the beak : the total length is 

 nine inches. 



Inhabits Jamaica and the adjacent islands: it 

 feeds on berries : it has a very disagreeable and 

 mournful voice, which is repeatedly uttered. 



RED-BELLIED GOURA. 



(Goiira erythrothorax.) 



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Go. fusca, facie alba, collo pectoreqve purpureis t cervice vinculo 



violaceo viridi-aureo nitente, abdomine rufo, pennis caudte 



fateralibus nigris cano-terminatis. 

 Brown Goura, with the face white; the neck and breast purple; 



the nape with a violet collar, with golden-green reflections ; 



the abdomen rufous; the lateral tail-feathers black, tipped 



with hoary. 



Columba erythrothorax. Temm. Pig. Ind. 494. 

 Colombi-Galline a fache blanche. Temm. Pig. (Qvo.) p. 4O5. 



TEN inches and a half in length : the face is of 

 a grey-white : the top of the head, the neck, and 

 the breast, are of a fine vinaceous colour, the 

 breast being deepest : the nape of the neck is fur- 

 nished with a kind of collar, of violet, with golden 

 reflections : the belly, the thighs, the abdomen, 

 and the under tail-coverts, are deep rust-colour : 

 the back, the wings, the upper tail-coverts, and 

 the two middle tail-feathers, are of a sooty hue ; 



