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feathers are fine black ; towards the tip of the latter 

 is a greyish-white bar : the tarsi are clothed with 

 feathers for half their length ; the rest of them and 

 the toes are fine purple : the beak, which is rather 

 short, and slightly swollen at the tip, is reddish : 

 the irides are fine red. 



Sp. 2. Co. Palumbus. Steph. v. xi. p. 12.-— Britain and Europe. 

 Sp. 3. Co. arquatrix. Steph. v. xi. p. 19. — Africa. 

 Sp, 4. Co. cincta. Steph. v. xi. p. 50.— -Southern Asia. 



B. OrbitcB plumosdd i tarsi nudi; cauda cequali. 

 B. Orbits plumose j tarsi naked ; tail even. 



a. Pennis colli remigibusque simplicibus. 



a. With the feathers of the neck and the quills simple. 



Sp. 5. Co. chalcoptera. Steph. t. xi. p. 17. — New Holland. 

 Sp. 6. Co. picturata. Steph. v. xi. p. S5.-~Temm. Pi. Col. 242, 

 — Co, Dufresnii. Steph. v. xi. p. 77. pi. 3. — Madagascar, &c. 

 Sp. 7. Co. cenas. Steph. v. xi. p. 25. pi. 1. — Britain and Europe. 

 Sp. 8. Co. livia. Steph. v. xi. jo. 27- — Britain and Europe. 



Sp. 9. Co. turtur. Steph. v. xi. p. 72. pi. 2. — Britain and the 

 old continent. 



Sp. 10. Co. risoria. Steph. v, xi. p. 71- — Africa. 



Sp. 11. Columba humilis. Tenun. PI. Col. 258, 259. 



Co. vertice^ malis nuchaque cinereo-cyaneis, cervice semitorqite 

 nigra, dorso supremo, scapulis, tectricibusque alarum vinaceisy 

 collo antice, pectore ventreque pallide rufo-purpureis, hypo- 

 chondriis, dorso injitno uropygioque cinereo-cyaneis, crisso 

 albido'Cinerascente ; mas: aut cinereo-fiiscus, f route tectrici- 

 busque alarum majoribus cinereis, guld, crisso, tectricibusque 

 caudcB inferioribiis albidis semitorque cervicali nigrdj faemina. 



Pigeon with the crown, cheeks, and nape, ashy-blue ; the cervix 

 with a black half-collar ; the upper part of the back, scapulars, 

 and wing-coverts, vinaceous ; the neck anteriorly, the breast 

 and belly pale red-purple j the flanks, the lower back and 



