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Inhabits Cayenne. — In the collection of Mr. Mc. Leay, who 

 received it from Berbice ; is met with also in Brazil, on the east coast, 

 called Pomba trocaes, and near Bahia, Pomba verdadeira.* 



18.-SQUAMMOUS PIGEON. 



Columba squamosa, Colombe ecaillee, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 59. Id. 8vo. i. p. 336. 

 Picuipinima, Marc. Bras. p. 204. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill black ; general colour of the 

 plumage brown ; crown and under parts much paler, inclined to 

 vinaceous ; the feathers every where appearing scaly, from each of 

 them being fringed at the end with dusky ; wing coverts much mixed 

 with white ; quills black ; tail three inches long, base black ; the 

 four exterior feathers on each side with white ends; the wings reach 

 only to the base of the tail ; legs red. 



Inhabits Brazil, about Bahia, and is a scarce species. 



19.— GREY PIGEON- 



Columba Corensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 605. Gm. Lin.'u 783. Jacquin, Vog-. 31. 25. 

 Colombe a nuque ecaillee, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 15. Id. 8vo. i. p, 211. 

 Grey Pigeon, Gen. Syn. Sup. 201 . 



SIZE of the Common Pigeon ; eyes red, surrounded with a 

 naked skin ; spotted with black ; general colour of the body grey ; 

 the feathers on the lower part of the neck appear changeable in 

 different lights as if scalloped, though really not of different colours; 

 tail even. 



Inhabits Coro, in the district of Venetzuela, in South America, 

 and when eaten young, is esteemed by the inhabitants for food. 



* JMwim. Trg.p. 217. 

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