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rest of the body and tail velvet black, changing into both violet and 

 blue in different reflections of light ; legs grey, the shins covered 

 with short black feathers for half the length. 



This was found at Antigue, in the Isle of Panay, by M. Sonnerat. 

 Several living specimens have been brought into Holland, where 

 they have survived a good while. 



76. —WHITE-WINGED PIGEON. 



Columba leucoptera, Ind.Orn.u. 595. Lin. i. 617. Gm. Lin.i. 773. Jacquin, Vog. 



38. 27? 

 Columba aurita, Temm. Pig.fol. 25. & 25 bis. Id. 8vo. i. p. 247. 



Indica, Bris.i. 105. Id. 8vo. i. 25. Klein, 120. 26. 



— — — gymnopthalmos, Colombe Jounud, Tern. Pig.fol. pi. 18. Id. 8vo. i. p. 225. 



Brown Indian Dove, Edw. pi. 76. 



White-winged Pigeon, Gen. Si/n. iv. 617. Id. Sup. 197. Brown, Jam. 468. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill dusky reddish yellow ; round 

 the eyes a fine blue warted skin, reaching to the base of the bill ; 

 irides crimson; forehead, cheeks, neck before, and breast, pale rufous 

 brown ; hind part of the head and neck dullish brown ; beneath 

 the ears a transverse stripe, visible only when the neck is stretched 

 out ; beneath this the feathers have a gloss of green gold ; below, as 

 well as behind the neck, the gloss changes to violet ; upper parts of 

 the body dark brown, appearing in some lights blue; greater wing 

 coverts the same, with the outer margins and tips white; lower part 

 of the back and rump ash-colour; lower belly and under tail coverts 

 white; quills black, with pale edges; the two middle tail feathers 

 like the back, the others dull ash-colour, with white tips ; legs red. 



Said by Brisson to inhabit the East Indies ; but according to 

 Jacquin, it is found at Carthagena, in America. 



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