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querulous, and pertinacious in iteration. At others 

 it is like children calling whoop. It is not at all 

 plaintive in its character. 



There is a singular projection on the outline of 

 the inner web of the fourth primary, in this genus, 

 and more slightly on that of the fifth. The object 

 of this peculiarity it is not easy to conjecture. 



Dr. Robinson, having weighed one, records the 

 weight as one ounce sixteen grains, troy. He men- 

 tions also, what I have not seen, that "the irides 

 consist of, first, one ring of yellow, then one of 

 black, a narrower of black, and another of yellow, 

 broader." (MSS. ii. 97.) Wilson's description ap- 

 pears to me to have been taken from a preserved 

 skin. 



WHITEBELLY.* 

 Peristera Jamaicensis. 



Columba Jamaicensis^ LINN. 



Columba rufaxilla, RICH, et BERN. 



Columba frontalis, TEMM. Pig. 10. 



THIS lovely Pigeon is chiefly confined to the 

 upland districts ; where its loud and plaintive cooing 



* Length 12| inches, expanse 18|, flexure 6^, tail 4J, rictus 1, tarsus 

 1-5%, middle toe 1^, outer and inner toes -^. Intestine 30 inches ; no 

 caeca. Irides whitish, with a granulated appearance, reddish at the- outer 

 edge. Feet crimson. Beak black. Forehead pure white, becoming 

 slate blue on crown ; hind-head delicate grey-blue ; neck reddish brown, 



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