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naked, yellowish ; wings, with white moons. New 

 South Wales.* 



But the best division made among the Pigeons is 

 that of 



ViNAGO.f Cuv. 



Which are to be known by their thicker bill, of solid 

 substance, and laterally compressed ; their tarsi are 

 short, their feet large, and with a considerable bor- 

 der. They live entirely on fruits, and in large 

 woods. Only a few species are known, all proper 

 to the torrid zone of the old world. 



Waaba Pigeon. Lath. C. Abyssinica, Wallia of 

 Bruce. Vaill. 276, 7. Tern. 8, 9. 



Green ; head and neck, ash ; belly, yellow ; smaller 

 wing-coverts, violet ; quills and secondaries, black, 

 yellow edged ; tail, ash. Female, belly, green ; 

 quills, all greenish. Africa. Length, twelve inches. 



Madagascar Pigeon. Lath. Col. Australia . Lath. 

 Enl. 3. Tem. 3. 



Green ; vent and thighs, spotted ; tail, grey ; end, 

 paler ; bent of wing, violet ; quill, black ; seconda- 

 ries, yellow tipped ; feet, feathered. Madagascar. 



* Black-winged Pigeon, Lath. Columba MeUxnoptera, Lath. C. Syl, 

 vestris, Vieil. 



Head, neck, and wing-bend, violet-red ; occiput, shining golden-violet ; 

 back and lower parts, reddish-blue ; wing and tail, blackish ; tail-feather- 

 white tipped. 



f The Latin name of the Biset Pigeon. M. Vieillot has changed it into 

 Tberok. 



