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MOUNTAIN GOURA, 

 (Goiira montana.) 



Go. corpore nifo t pcctore vinaceo, remigibus rujis, maculA sub 

 oculis, ad gulam et ad humeros tensd albd, orbitis nudis san- 

 guineis. 



Goura with a rufous body; the breast vinaceous ; the quills ru- 

 fous j beneath the eyes a spot of white, spreading towards the 

 throat and shoulders ; the orbits naked, and blood-coloured. 



Columba montana. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 281. 13. Grnel. Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 7/2. 17. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 5p4. 3. Temm. Pig. 

 Ind. 4p2. 



Colombi-Gallinse Montagnard. Temm. Pig. (Svo.) p. 395. 



Mountain Partridge. Ediioards.pl. 119. 



Partridge Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 615. 3. Lath. Syn. Sup. 

 197- 3- 



EIGHT inches and a half in length : beak red, 

 with the tip black : irides red ; the eyes surrounded 

 by a papillated skin of a reddish cast : the upper 

 parts of the body rufous, with a purple gloss : face, 

 part of the neck and breast vinaceous ; the rest of 

 the under parts, sides, thighs, and vent, rufous : 

 the back, wings and tail rufous, with a tinge of 

 copper : beneath the eye is a spot of white, another 

 on the side of the throat, and a third at the base 

 of the wing : legs red ; claws brown. Inhabits the 

 warmer parts of America: builds in low bushes: 

 the nests are lined with hair and cotton. 



