138 PASSERINE GOURA. 



Columba ininuta. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 285. 35. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. l. 788. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 612. 6B.Temm. Pig. Ind. 



498. 

 Turtur parvus fuscus Aruericanus. Briss. Orn. 1. 116. 20. ;;/. 8. 



./.2.. 



Petite Tourterelle de St. Domingue. Buf. PI. Enl. 243. f. I . 

 Colombi-Galliue Pignie. Tenim. Pig. (8vo.) p. 432. 

 Passerine Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 660. 59. 



A VERY small species, measuring only five inches 

 and a half in length : its beak is brown, as are the 

 whole of the upper parts of the body : the wing- 

 coverts reddish-brown, with several spots of the 

 colour of polished steel, of which three or four 

 are upon the lesser, and five or six on the greater 

 coverts : the quills are dusky, with their outer edges 

 and tips rufous : ,the two middle tail-feathers are 

 brown ; the others are grey at their base, then 

 black, and terminated with brown ; the two lateral 

 ones, on each side, have their outer webs white 

 towards their tips : the lower parts of the body of 

 a reddish-white : the throat and breast pale vina- 

 ceous : the legs are brown. 



Inhabits the warmer parts of America. 



