74 CLASS AVES. 



cular white spots ; throat and orbit, naked, blood- 

 red. South America. Length, eight and a half 

 inches. 



Martinico Pigeon. Col. Martinica. Enl. 141, 162, 

 Vaill. 282. Tern. 5 and 6. 



Violet; chest, vinaceous ; belly, reddish ; quill, brown; 

 internally, reddish ; subocular spot, violet-brown. Fe- 

 male, violet-brown ; chest and abdomen, brownish- 

 white. South America. Length, nine inches. 



White-fronted Pigeon. Col. Erythrothoraoc. Tem. 7- 



Brown ; face, white ; neck and chest, purple ; nape, 

 with a violet band, with golden-green reflections ; 

 belly, red ; sides of tail, black ; ash-tipt. America. 

 Length, ten and a half inches. 



Red-breasted Turtle. Lath. Col. Cruenta. Lath. 

 Son. 20, 21. Tem. 8, 9. 



Grey ; neck, beneath, white ; nape, violet ; wing- 

 bands, three, greyish ; chest spots, blood-red, varies, 

 sometimes white, with a blood-red chest spot. C San- 

 guinea. Lath. Molucca. Length, ten and a half 

 inches. 



White-bellied Pigeon. Lath. Col. Jamaicensis. 

 Tem. 10. 



% Purplish-brown ; nape, varied purple and blue ; fore- 

 head and throat, whitish ; beneath, vinaceous ; tail, blu- 

 ish white tips on the side. South America. Length, 

 ten and a half inches. 



Talpocoti Pigeon. Col. Talpacoti. Tem. 12. 



Cinnamon ; head, blue ; scapular, black lined ; quill, 

 brown ; tail, black, rufous tipped ; outer edge of 



