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COLUMBID^. 



Vinago witli the liead^ cape, and flanks ashy-lead colour; the 

 throat whitish ; the belly and vent greenish 3 the thighs and 

 sides of the belly red-brown 3 the upper part of the back, sca- 

 pulars, and wing-coverts purple-brown; the rump and great 

 part of the tail-feathers deep slate-colour, with ashy tips. 



Columba olax. Temm. PI. Col. 241. 



Inhabits Sumatra. Length seven inches and a 

 half: the head, nape, and flanks are of an ashy-lead- 

 colout : the throat is of an ashy-white : on the breast 

 is a large patch of a reddish colour : the belly and 

 vent are greenish, shaded gradually into the cinereous 

 hue on the flanks : the thighs, the sides of the abdo- 

 men, and the under tail-coverts are red-brown : the 

 upper part of the back, the scapulars, and the wing- 

 coverts are purple-brown : the rump and nearly all 

 the tail-feathers are slaty-black, with ashy-tips : the 

 under part of the tail is black, with the tips of the 

 feathers whitish : the wing is black, with the secondary 

 feathers slightly edged with clear yellow : the toes, 

 the tarsi, and the space round the eyes are red : the 

 base of the beak is blue, and its tip greenish. Female 

 unknown. 



Sp. 4. Tr. militaris. 



Vinago militaris. Steph. v. id. p. \Q9. — India. 

 Sp. 5. Tr. Psittacea. 



Vinago Psittacea. Steph. t\ xi, p. 1 12. — Timor and Java. 

 Sp. 6. Tr. vernans. 



Vinago vernans. Steph. v. xi. p. 1 13. — Luconia and Antigue. 

 Sp. 7. Tr. australis, 



Vinago australis. Steph. v. xi. p. 1 15. — Madagascar. 



Sp. 8. Tr. oxyura. 



Tr. corpore supra, alis, hyp(}chGndriis,Jemoribiis, crlssoque cinereo- 

 viridibus; giMy 'pectore, ventreqne supremo viridibus ; ventre 



