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PIGEON. 



Place and 



Manners. 



two middle tail feathers are the fame colour as the back ; the 

 others dull alh-colour tipped with white : the legs are red t 

 claws brown. 



This inhabits the Eafi Indies. Edwards remarks, that it often 

 flirts up the tail, like the Wagtail. The fkin which furrounds the 

 eyes in Edwards's bird goes on to the bafe of the upper man- 

 dible. 



MARTINICO P. 



Columba Martinica, Lhi, SjJ}. i. p. 283. N° 24. 



Le Pigeon violet de Martinique, Brif. orn, i. p. 129, N°27. pi. 12. f. I. 

 Bvf. oif. ii. p. 525. — Pl.enl. 162. 



Description. HP H I S is about the fize of a Turtle r the length nine inches 

 and a quarter. The bill red : the eyes are furrounded with- 

 crimfon tubercles, and the hides are of the fame colour : the 

 head, neck, and upper parts of the body, are chefnut, with a 

 glofs of violet : the under parts of the body more or lefs rufous : 

 the quills the fame as the upper, but on the outer edges only j 

 the inner rufous j but the tail feathers are the fame oa both mar- 

 gins : the legs are red 1 claws brownifh. 

 Place.. Inhabits Martinico. 



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Var. A. 



Bescrsption. 



Le Pigeon de la Martinique, Brif. orn. i. p. 103, N? 14. 



Le Pigeon roux de Cayenne, Buf. oif. ii. p. 526.—/'/. enl. 141. 



HTH IS is a trifle longer than the laft. The bill black :. the- 

 head, neck, and breaft, are purplifh chefnut j but the feathers, 

 which furround the lower part of the neck have a gilded violet 

 glofs, forming a kind of collar :. the upper parts of the body and; 

 wings are rufous brown, with fome fpots of black on the greater 



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