﻿PIGEON. 615 



Spot Pigeon, Will. orn. p. 182. 17. z ' 



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SPOT P. 

 HP H I S is remarkable^ from having on the forehead, above the Description. 



bill, a fpot, which is of the fame colour as the tail : the body 



and wines white. 



Befides the above, the following are noticed by the connoijfeurs Varieties. 



in this branch, though not noted by the ufual Syftematifts : fuch 



2s the Ruff — Nun — Laugher — 'Trumpeter, &c. : all of which may 



be found,' with many others, in the various treatifes on this 



fubjec~t. 



Columba montana, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 281. N° 13. 3. 



Le Pigeon roux de Cayenne, Brif. orn. i. p. 131. N° 29. pi. 12. f. 2. PARTRIDGE P. 



Perdix montana, Raii Syn. p. 183. N° 20. 



Mountain Partridge, Sloan. Jam. ii. p. 304 pi. 261. f. 1. — Brown. Jam. 

 p. ^6g. — EdiM. iii. pi. 119. 



Lev. Muf. 



T E N G T H eight inches and a half. Bill red, with a black Description. 



tip : irides red, furrounded with a warty fkin of the fame co- 

 lour : the upper parts of the body are rufous, with a purplifh 

 caft j the under, as far as the breaft, flelh-colour : the belly, 

 fides, thighs, and vent, inclining to rufous : the under wing 

 coverts, quills, and tail, rufous : legs red : claws brown. 



This- is faid to inhabit Cayenne. That of Jamaica, mentioned Place an* 

 by Edwards, differs fomewhat ; the forehead being of a clay- 

 colour : the head and neck reddifh purple : back, wings, and 

 tail, red brown, with a glofs of copper-colour : fore part of the 

 neck reddifh clay-colour ; breaft, belly, thighs, and under tail 

 10 coverts. 



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