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50. -AZURE PIGEON. 



Columba caerulea, Colombe azuree, Temm.Pig.fol.p\.37. — Male. Id. 8vo. i. p. 290. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill and legs red ; plumage in general 

 above turquoise blue; before to the breast, vinaceous; sides under 

 the eye and chin white ; breast, belly, and under tail coverts dusky 

 white. — Supposed to inhabit Bengal. 



51 —RING-TAILED PIGEON. 



Columba Caribapa, Ind. Orn. ii. 603. Gi/i. Lin. i. 773. Vieill. Am. 4. Jacq. Vog. 



30. No. 24. 

 Columba cauda annulo cincta Jamaicensis, Bris. i. 138. Id. 8vo. i. 35. Bvf. ii. 539. 

 — cauda fascia notata, Rail, 63. 17. & 183. 22. Sloan. Jam. 332. 27. Brown, 



Jam. 468. Klein, 120. 19. 

 Colombe a queue annulee, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 10. Id. 8vo. i. p. 114. 

 Ring-tailed Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 639. 



LENGTH fifteen inches. Nostrils gibbous; irides crimson ; head, 

 fore part of the neck, and breast, purplish ; neck behind greenish 

 purple, with a silky gloss ; back, rump, and upper tail coverts, pale 

 blue; wings brownish ; belly whitish; tail like the back, even at 

 the end, crossed with a band of black ; bill and legs red. 



Inhabits Jamaica, there called Mountain Pigeon ; sometimes met 

 with in the Savannah woods in January ; found also both in the 

 Caribbee and Bahama Islands ; fond of various seeds, especially 

 coffee. 



52.— CARIBBEE PIGEON. 



Columba Caiiboea, Ind. Orn. ii. 603. 36. /3. Jacq. Vog. 30. No. 24. 

 Ring-tailed Pigeon, Gen. Syn. Sup. 199. 



THE bill in this bird is greenish red ; space round the eyes bare, 

 and dirty yellow ; tail cuneiform, and about the length of the body; 



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