88 PIGEON. 



brown ; fore part of the neck, except just down the middle, and the 

 breast fine vinaceous; belly, sides, thighs, and under tail coverts the 

 same, but incline to rufous; the quills brown, edged outwardly with 

 rufous; tail dusky ash-colour above, and blackish beneath; legs and 

 claws red ; shins rough. 



Inhabits Jamaica, and other parts of America ; very common in 

 Cuba, where it is caught in traps, and brought into the markets in 

 great numbers for eating ; may be brought up tame, but in that state 

 will not propagate ; this experiment having been tried in an aviary 

 for some time, without effect. 



Levaillant says, they are about equal in bulk to our European 

 Turtle, but the wings and tail shorter in proportion ; legs longer, 

 tail carried downwards, like our Partridge ; forms into small bands ; 

 chiefly seen on the ground, on which it often squats, like that bird, 

 and does not pass the night on trees. 



111.— PARTRIDGE PIGEON. 



Columba montana, Ind. Orn. ii. 594. Lin. i. 281. Gm. Lin. i. 772. 



Perdix montana, Raii, Syn. 180. Sloan. Jam. 302. pi. 261. Brown, Jam. 469.* 



Colombi-perdrix roux violet, Levail. Afr. vi. 114. pi. 282. 



Colombi-galline montagnard, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 4. Id. 8vo. i. p. 395. 



Mountain Partridge, Edw. pi. 119. 



Partridge Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 615. Id. Sup. 197. 



LENGTH eight or nine inches. Bill red, with a black tip ; the 

 irides red, surrounded with a red warty skin ; upper parts of the body 

 rufous, with a purplish tinge ; the under, as far as the breast, flesh- 

 colour ; belly, sides, thighs, and vent inclining to rufous ; under 

 wing coverts, quills, and tail rufous ; legs red ; claws brown. The 

 female rather smaller, otherwise like the other sex. 



Inhabits Cayenne, also Jamaica; that described by Edwards, 

 from the latter place, had the forehead clay-colour ; head and neck 

 reddish purple ; back, wings, and tail red brown, with a polished 



