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the orbits bluish; irides dark; general colour of the plumage deep 

 vinaceous brown, paler on the breast; from thence, all beneath, 

 reddish white ; quills deep brown ; on the lesser wing coverts three or 

 four blackish purple marks; tail short, greatly rounded, the feathers 

 rather pointed at the ends; the two middle black brown, with a bar 

 of black three-fourths from the end ; the others brown, but white for 

 about one inch next the tip ; the two colours joining in a lunular 

 form ; the outer one white on the outer web, the whole length ; the 

 legs are red. 



Inhabits New-Holland.— In the collection of Mr. Swainson. 



A. — In a drawing of one of these, the general colours are the 

 same ; some of the second quills marked with a similar spot as on 

 the coverts ; on the inner webs, near the tips, and some others with 

 the ends, white ; sides of the neck glossy violet purple ; behind the 

 eye a glossy violet spot, a quarter of an inch in diameter ; below the 

 ear a longer one of the same ; the four middle tail feathers like the 

 back ; the others dove-colour, with pale grey ends, between which 

 is a curved bar of black. 



The female, or young bird, is much the same, but with fewer 

 black spots on the wings, and the colours less bright. 



One of the last described in the collection of Lord Stanley. 



23— PORTO-RICO PIGEON. 



Columba Portoricensis, Colombe a nnche ecaillee, Temm. Pig.Jvl. pi. 15. 



LENGTH fourteen inches and a half. Bill reddish at the base ; 

 round the eye a bare, granulated, red space ; back, wing coverts, and 

 under part of the body bluish grey; head and neck vinaceous ; back 

 part of the neck green and purple, the feathers changing alternately 

 into those colours, appearing like scales, and in some lights very 

 brilliant; legs red. 



This specimen brought from Porto-Rico; the manners unknown. 



