102 PIGEON. 



blackish, but the feathers of the latter white at the ends ; the rest of 

 the plumage rufous blue, paler on the belly ; found in October, and 

 not very common. 



128— AMBOINA PIGEON. 



Columba Amboinensis, Ind. Orn.xx. 614. Lin. i. 286. Gm. Lin. i. 790. Bris. i. 127. 



t. 9. f. 3. Id. Svo. i. 31. Lin. Trans, xiii. 318. 

 Tourterelle d'Amboine, Bnf. ii. 557. 

 Amboina Turtle, Gen. Syn. iv. 665. 



LENGTH fourteen inches. Bill red ; plumage for the most part 

 rufous, but the feathers on the top of the head, the neck, and breast, 

 marked with a blackish band near the tips; those of the upper parts 

 of the back and wing coverts, deep brown, with the ends rufous ; the 

 lower, rump, and upper tail coverts, rufous; quills deep brown; the 

 tail very unequal, the outer feathers being very short ; general colour 

 rufous brown ; legs red. The female ditfers in being less bright. 



Inhabits the Island of Amboina ; found also in Sumatra. 



129— CAPE PIGEON. 



Columba Capensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 614. Lin. i. 286. Gm. Lin. i. 790. Brit. i. 120. 



t. 9. f. 2.— male. Id. Svo. i. 29. 

 La Tourtelette, Buf. ii. 554. PL enl. 140.— male. Sonnin. Buf. vii. 286. t. 43. f. 1. 



Temm. Pig.fol. pi. 53. 54. Id. 8vo. i. p. 366. 

 Tourterelle a Cravate noire, Levail. Afr. vi. p. 82. pi. 273, 274, 275. 

 Cape Pigeon, Gen. Syn. iv. 666. 



THIS is a very small and beautiful Species, scarcely bigger than 

 a Lark, but in length nine inches and a half. Bill red ; forehead 

 and chin nearly white ; throat, and fore part of the neck, to the 

 breast, black ; head, neck, breast, back, rump, wing and tail coverts, 

 grey brown ; greater wing coverts tipped with black ; belly, sides, 

 and under tail coverts, dirty white ; on each wing a bright spot like 



