﻿PIGEON. 



T ENGTH thirteen inches and a half. The bill black ; noftrils 

 gibbous : the head and neck of a very light afh-colour : chin 

 nearly white : the upper parts of the body brown, with a glofs 

 of green : the bread reddifh buff, with a vinaceous tinge : the 

 belly afh-colour, verging to brown down the middle : vent, and 

 under tail coverts, deep ferruginous : the quills dark brown, with 

 greenifh brown edges : the tail is five inches in length, and 

 black, with a greenifh glofs : the legs are red ; in fome fpe- 

 •cimens brown or dufky. 



Inhabits the Friendly IJles in the South Seas. 



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24. 

 FERRUGI- 

 NOUS-VENTED 

 P. 



Description. 



Place. 



Le Pigeon du Mexique, Brif. orn. i. p. 99. N° 10. 

 CehoilotI, Raii Syn. p. 63. N° 14. 



-Buf. oi/.'ii, p. 525.' 



25. 

 MEXICAN P. 



ALL that we find related of this bird is, that the eyes are Description, 



furrounded with crimfon : the irides black : the whole 

 plumage is brown, except the breaft: and tips of the wings, which 

 are white : the legs red. 



Inhabits Mexico. Place. 



Le Pigeon faurage da Mexique, Brif. orn. u p. 100. N° 11.— Bit/, oif. ii. 



p. 525. 

 Hoilotl, Raii Syn. p. 63. N° 12. 



26. 

 BLACK- 

 SPOTTED P. 



CIZE of the firftfpecies. The bill black: the head, neck, Description. 



and upper parts, brown fpotted with black : breaft, belly, and 

 thighs, pale fulvous : under tail coverts, and under the wings, 

 cinereous : quills and tail brown : legs red. 



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