66 PIGEON. 



77.— AURITED PIGEON. 



Columba Martinicana, Bris. i. 104. 14. Id. 8vo. i. p. 25. 



Pigeon roux de Cayenne, Buf. ii. 526. PI. enl. 141. Gen. Syn. iv. 618. 7. A. 



Coluraba aurita, Colombe a Oreillon bleu, Tern. Pig.fol. pi. 25. 26. Id. 8vo. i. p. 247. 



LENGTH ten inches. Bill black ; round the eye bare and red ; 

 head, neck, and breast, purplish chestnut ; lower part of the neck 

 glossy, appearing as a kind of collar; body and wings rufous brown, 

 with some black spots on the coverts, next the body ; belly, thighs, 

 and under tail coverts light fulvous, with a vinaceous tinge ; sides 

 and under wing coverts ash-colour ; quills dusky, the outer edges 

 whitish ; second quills the same, with greyish tips ; the two middle 

 tail feathers rufous brown for two-thirds, the rest of the length black, 

 with grey ends, and the exterior grey on the outside the whole length ; 

 legs red, claws black. In M. Temminck's figure the chin is greyish 

 white ; and on the sides of the neck, below the ears, a patch three 

 quarters of an inch long, of violet blue, gilded feathers. This is the 

 male. The female, as to general colours, is the same, the black spots 

 on the wings more manifest, but without the long patch of blue 

 on the sides of the neck, or any appearance of gloss about the 

 shoulders. 



Inhabits Martinico, and no doubt various parts of South America : 

 a similar one being in the collection of Mr. Mc. Leay, which came 

 from Berbice, by the name of Aderi. 



78— PICAZURO PIGEON. 



Colombe Picazuro, Voy. d'Azara, iv. 128. No. 317. Temm. Pig. Suite. Id. 8vo. i. 

 p. 111. 



LENGTH thirteen inches and a half. Bill blue, meally, round 

 the eyes naked ; irides blood red ; head, chin, and neck before 



