COLUMBID.E. 281 



rump ashy-blue ; the vent whitish-ash ; male: or ashy-brown, 

 with the forehead, and greater wing-coverts, ash-coloured ; 

 the throat, vent, and under tail -coverts, whitish, and a black 

 cervical half- collar ; female. 



Inhabits India. Length about nine inches : the 

 male has the top of the head, the cheek, and nape, 

 of a fine ashy-blue : the cervix is adorned with a 

 clear black half-collar : the upper part of the back, 

 the scapulars, and all the wing-coverts are of the 

 colour of wine-lees or reddish-purple : the fore part 

 of the neck, the breast, and the belly, are of a paler 

 hue : the flanks, the back, and the rump are ashy- 

 blue : the vent is whitish-ash : the tail is grey above, 

 black beneath for two thirds of its length, and the 

 rest whitish : the external feather is outwardly white ; 

 all the lateral feathers are tipped with whitish. The 

 female has a similar collar to the male, but the 

 prevailing colour of the rest of the plumage is ashy- 

 brown : the forehead and the greater wing-coverts 

 are ash-colour : the throat, vent, and under tail- 

 covers are whitish : the beak is black, and the quills 

 dusky : the under wing-coverts are ashy-bluish in 

 both sexes. 



Sp. 12. Columba lacernulata. Temm. PL Col. 164. 



Co. vinac6a, capite toto cceruleo-cinereo, ventre medio purpurea, 

 lateribus cinereis, tectricihus cauc/ce iTiferionbus ruhris, humeris 

 alisque nigricantibtcs cereo-viridi nitetitibus, cauda basi nigri- 

 cante cinereo, apice plumbeo. 



Vinaceous Pigeon, with the entire head blue-ash ; the middle of 

 the belly purple, its sides ash-coloured ; the under tail-coverts 

 red J the shoulders and wings dusky, shining with bronzed- 

 green ; the tail dusky at the base, lead-coloured at the tip. 



