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black ; back and wings, blackish ; belly, abdomen, 

 and thighs, yellow ; tail, ashy tipt. Length, thirteen 

 inches. India. 



Russet Pigeon. C. Rvffina. Tem. 24. 



Violet ; throat, quills, and tail, greyish ; lower part of 

 back, bluish-grey. Male, with the occipital feathers 

 shining-green. Guiana. Length, eleven inches. 



White-winged Pigeon. Lath. C. Aurita. Temm. 

 C. Leucoptera. Edw. 76. Tem. 25. 



Reddish brown ; necklace-collar, golden violet ; 

 wings, black spotted ; throat, white ; lower part, 

 ashy ; middle of tail, brown ; sides, black-ended and 

 white tipped. Males, golden under the ears. The 

 female is C Martinicana, Lath. South America. 



Javan Turtle. C. Javanica. Enl. 177- Tem. 26. 

 Son. 66. 



Green ; head, bluish white ; neck and chest, vinaceous 

 red ; belly, duller ; quills and tail, blackish blue. 

 Java. The C. Albicapilla, C. Indica, and C. Cceru- 

 leocephala, of Latham, are only varieties. 



Jamboo Pigeon. Lath. C. Jamhoo. Lath. Tem. 

 27,8. 



Green; head, red; throat, black ; chest and belly, 

 white ; chest-band, rosy. Female, body, neck, 

 and chest, green ; forehead and throat, brown ; belly, 

 whitish. Sumatra. Length, nine and a half 

 inches. 



Violet-naped Pigeon. C. Violacea. Tem. 29. 



Forehead, neck, belly, and abdomen, white ; chest, 

 whitish-violet ; above, violet-red ; nape, and upper 



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