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HOTTENTOT GOURA. 

 (Goiira Hottentota.) 



Go. rufa, fronte guttureque albis, collo pectoreque cano-vinaceis, 

 albo nigroque lunalis, venire abdomineque vinaceis, pennis 

 caudalibus supra rujts infra cants. 



Rufous Goura, with the forehead and throat white j the neck 

 and breast of a hoary vinaceous hue, with black and white 

 lunules ; the belly and abdomen vinaceous ; the feathers of the 

 tail above rufous, beneath hoary. 



Columba Hottentota. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 4QJ. 



Le Colombi-Caille. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. v. 6. pi. 283. 



Colombi-Galline Hottentot. Temm. Pig. (&v o.) p. 42Q. 



THE male of this species has the occiput, the 

 back of the neck, the shoulders, the wing-coveits, 

 the rump, and the upper tail-coverts, of a fine red 

 cinnamon-colour; each feather slightly tipped with 

 brown : the forehead and the throat are white : the 

 fore-part, and sides of the neck, are of a clear vi- 

 naceous grey : the feathers are slightly edged with 

 white and black : the middle of the breast, the 

 belly, the thighs, and the under tail-coverts, are 

 bright red : the outer webs of the wing-feathers 

 are red, the interior dusky : the tail, which is short 

 and rounded, is of a cinnamon-colour above, and 

 greyish-black beneath : the beak is brownish-yel- 

 low : the feet and eyes red. The female is smaller 

 than the male, and the colours are less brilliant. 

 Found by Le Vaillant in the neighbourhood of the 

 mountains in the country of the Grand Nama- 



