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•wing coverts which are neareft the body : the belly, thighs, and 

 under tail coverts, light fulvous, with a vinaceous tinge *. the 

 fides and under wing coverts afh-colour : the quills blackifh, with 

 the outer edges whitifli j the fecondaries the fame, with grey 

 tips : the two middle tail feathers are rufous brown ; the others 

 brown for two thirds of their length, with the outer margins ru- 

 fous, the inner deep afh-colour, the reft of their length black, 

 with grey tips ; the outer feather alfb is grey on the outfide the 

 whole length : legs red : claws black. 



This likewife inhabits Marfimcd. 



Brijfon obferves, that this bird is called there by the name of 

 Partridge, as well as the laft-defcribed. Hence we may infer the 

 very great probability of their being mere fexual differences of 

 each other ; the colours, as well as the diftribution of them* 

 not varying much. This is likewife the opinion of Buffon, who 

 thinks this laft to be the female. 



Flacb. 



Columba Jamaicenfis, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 283. N° 25. ft 



Le Pigeon de la Jamaique, Brif. orn. i. p. 134. N° 31. — Buf. oif, ii. p, 529. WH T TE- 



pl. 21. BELLIED P. 



Columba minor ventre candido, Rail Syn. p. 63. N° 16. 

 White-bellied Dove, Sloan. Jam. ii. p. 303. pi. 262. f. 1. — Brown. Jam. 



p. 469. 



Lev. Muf. 



HIS is nine inches in length. The noftrils are much ele- Description, 

 vated, forming two tubercles at the bafe of the bill : the 

 irides white : the top of the head, and all the under parts of the 

 neck and body, are white : the hind part of the neck varied with 

 blue and purple : the back, rump, and upper tail coverts, purplifh 



4 K a brown, 



