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above vinous brown, inclining to olive ; under parts from the chin 

 white, but from the nostrils a streak of brown divides the white, 

 mixing below with the colour of the back ; a black mark, and in 

 some two, on the rump ; with the same spots on the wings as in the 

 last species, but bluish, not at all green. 



In the female, the white is not pure ; otherwise both sexes are 

 alike. — Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, chiefly towards the Caffre 

 Country, and contrary to the former, is a familiar bird, but far less 

 common ; is called Tambourette, as the cooing, or what may be 

 termed so, imitates the tambourin. Both these are found together, 

 chiefly inhabiting deep woods ; making the nest on trees, and laying 

 two white eggs. 



38.— MUSTACHOE PIGEON. 



Coluraba mystacea, Colombe & Moustaches blanches, Temm. Pig.fol. p. 56. Id. 8vo. i. 

 p. 275. 



LENGTH eleven inches and a half. Bill red, point yellowish ; 

 eye in a red skin ; plumage above generally brown, with more or 

 less reflections of green gold on the neck behind, and the beginning 

 of the back ; also at the bend of the wing; beneath the eye a long 

 streak of white, passing almost to the hindhead; under parts of the 

 body pale vinaceous ; belly much paler, nearly white ; quills and 

 tail, except the two middle feathers, rufous ; tail four inches long, 

 even at the end, and the wings reach to about the middle ; legs red. 



Inhabits America, but the precise part is uncertain. 



39— VARIED PIGEON. 



Columba cinerea, Colombe Souris, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 58. Id. Svo. i. p. 299. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill pale, with a dusky end; body 

 above and wings rufous brown ; on the wing coverts and scapulars 



