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whitrfh at the end, with a black fpot between the two colours t 

 beneath, the two middle feathers are the fame as above ; the tvk) 

 next, on each fide, have the bafe half black, the end half afh- 

 coloured j and the reft the fame, but the end half white : the 

 legs are red : the claws black. 



Female. The. female differs from the male in wanting the gloffy violet- 



colour on the bread:. 



Place. Inhabits Carolina, Brqfd, St. Domingo, and other places. In 



the firfl: they are found throughout the whole year; and in confe- 

 quence breed there. 



g Columba marginata, Lin. Syft. i. p. 286. N° 40. 



MARGINATED La Tourterelle d'Amerique, Brif. ttrn. i. p. ioi. N" 13. — Buf. oif. ii. p. 552, 

 T. Long-tailed Dove, Ediu.pl. 15. 



Description, HpHIS is the fize of the Common Turtle : the length is eleven 

 inches. The bill is horn-colour, darkeft at the tip, and 

 eight lines in length : irides of a dull rufous : from the corners 

 of the mouth to the eyes is a white ftreak : the fore part of the 

 head, and throat, are rufous brown ; the hind head blueifh afh- 

 colour ; between thefe two colours, under the ears, is a black 

 fpot as big as a Tare : the hind part of the neck, the back, fca- 

 pulars, and wing coverts, are of a dull brown ; but the fcapu- 

 lars, and greater coverts nearefl the body, are marked with oval 

 black fpots of different fizes : the lower part of the back, the 

 rump, and upper tail coverts, incline to afh-colour : the fore 

 part of the neck and breaft are of a rofe-colour, growing paler 

 by degrees as it approaches the fides : the belly, thighs, and 

 under tail coverts, are brown, mixed with afh-colour : quills 

 deep brown, with the outer edges rufous : tail feathers of un- 

 equal 



