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In Natal the Colonials term it the Black Pigeon, hut in the 

 Eastern districts of the Cape it is generally kno-wn as the 

 Bush Pigeon. 



The back is of a purplish shade, the lower half of the 

 wings being slate-coloured spotted with white ; tail black ; 



Fig. 100.— OUve Pigeon. 



chin and throat pinkish ; breast purplish spotted with white, 

 the purple shading into slate on the abdomen. Length, 

 15| inches. 



It ranges from Knysna, in Cape Colony, to Zululand and 

 the Transvaal, but is only an inhabitant of forest and bush 

 country. In habits it resembles the Speckled Pigeon, 

 excepting that it builds in trees and lays greenish-white 



