PIGEON. 95 



A. — Length eleven inches. Bill black ; crown blue grey, darker 

 at the back part; the plumage above, quills, and tail rufous brown ; 

 chin nearly white; breast vinaceous, or the colour of lilac; belly 

 and vent white, with a slight mixture of black on the latter; under 

 wing coverts rufous; the inner webs of the quills the same, but paler; 

 tail four inches long, a trifle rounded, the two outer feathers darker, 

 and tipped with a white spot; the third also darker, with a pale end, 

 but not white ; wings reach to the middle of the tail ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits Berbice : in the collection of Mr. Mc. Leay, and called 

 Wiroe.* 



120.— WHITE-FRONTED PIGEON. 



Columba erythrothorax, Colombi-Galline a face blanche, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 7. Id. 

 8vo. i. p. 405. 



LENGTH ten inches. Bill slender, dusky ; round the eye bare, 

 and red ; face white ; top of the head, the neck, and breast, vinaceous ; 

 belly and vent ferruginous; back, wings, upper tail coverts, and two 

 middle tail feathers, sooty brown ; at the lower part of the neck some 

 glossy green feathers, variable ; the rest of the tail feathers dusky 

 black, with white ends; shape of the tail much rounded; legs red. 



Inhabits Surinam. 



121— GREY-FRONTED PIGEON 



Columba frontalis, Colombi-Galline a front gris, Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 10. Id. 8vo. i. 

 p. 411. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half. Bill black ; front bluish grey; 

 back, wings, and upper tail coverts, purplish olive; throat light 



* Wiroe, Klyn Zoort (Lesser Sort), alluding, no doubt, to there being one larger. 



