94 PIGEON. 



Inhabits South America. — This is, no doubt, the bird mentioned 

 by Willughby, under the name of Tlapalcocotli, from its being ful- 

 vous and black ; but further than this we have no account from the 

 said author. Azara observes, that it generally is seen in pairs, 

 perches on trees, or bushes, at a moderate height from the ground ; 

 that it is a tame species, and does not migrate ; he adds, that the 

 name at Paraguay is Picuipita, or Red Turtle. 



119 —WHITE-BELLIED PIGEON. 



Columba Jamaicensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 595. Lin.\. 283. Gm. Lin. i. 782. Bris.\. 134. 



Id. 8vo. i. 33. 

 Columba minor ventre candido, Rati, 63. 16. & 183. 23. Sloan. Jam. 303. pi. 262. 1. 



Brown, Jam. 469. 

 Pigeon de la Jamaique, Buf. ii. 529. pi. 21 . 



— — brun a couvertures infer, des Ailes rouges, Voy. d' 'Azara, iv. 310, 

 White-bellied Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 619. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill dusky; the nostrils much elevated, 

 forming two tubercles at the base ; irides white, or orange ; top of 

 the head, and all the under parts white ; hind part of the neck varied 

 blue and purple; back, rump, and upper tail coverts purplish brown, 

 with a light tinge of red ; the tail blue, terminated by a small band 

 of white. 



Inhabits Jamaica, found in the Savannas in January, probably 

 in its passage to some other parts ; feeds on berries, is accounted good 

 food, being less bitter than the White-crowned Species : it makes a 

 mournful noise on the trees, through the whole island, and sometimes 

 very loud and disagreeable. The Guaranis call it Yeruti ; it is 

 sedentary, and according to Azara, is found as far as the River Plata ; 

 it has a naked orange skin about the eyes, and to the angles of the 

 mouth, but scarcely visible in dried specimens. 



