14 THE KEY WEST PIGEON, OR DOVE. 



There is a small spot of deep blue immediately behind the eye, and a larger 

 one a little below on the side of the neck; and a band of splendent feathers 

 extends over the back and sides of the neck, having bright purple and 

 greenish reflections. 



Length 11^ inches; extent of wings 1S^; bill along the back ■£%, along the 

 edges H; tarsus |^. 



Adult Female. 



The female can scarcely be distinguished from the male, the colouring 

 being but slightly fainter. 



Length 10^ inches. 



Purple-flowered Anona. 



Porcelia parviflora, Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept., vol. ii. p. 383. 



This plant is very abundant on many of the outer Keys of the Floridas. 

 It grows among other shrubs, seldom exceeding seven or eight feet in height, 

 and more frequently not more than four or five. The leaves are obovate, 

 rounded at the base, thick, glossy above, downy beneath. The outer petals 

 are larger, and not unlike the divided shell of a hickory or pig nut; the inner 

 ovate, deep purple, with a white band at the base. I did not see the fruit, 

 which I was told is not unpalatable when ripe, it being then about the size 

 of a common walnut, and of a black colour. 



THE KEY WEST PIGEON, OR DOVE. 



"COLUMBA MONTANA, Linn. 



PLATE CCLXXXIL— Male and Female. 



It was at Key West that I first saw this beautiful Pigeon. The Marion 

 was brought to anchor close to, and nearly opposite, the little town of the 

 same name, some time after the setting of the sun. The few flickering lights 

 I saw nearly fixed the size of the place in my imagination. In a trice, the 

 kind captain and I were seated in his gig, and I felt the onward movement 

 of the light bark as if actually on wing, so well timed was the pulling of the 



