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purple : the breast, the sides, the belly, and vent are 

 vinaceoiis ash : the lower tail-coverts are yellowish- 

 white : the shoulders and the wing-coverts are very 

 deep-purple, with a slight gloss : the rest of the wings 

 and the quills are ashy-black, with a delicate green 

 gloss : the back, and three parts of the upper sur- 

 face of the tail are dusky-ash, the rest of the tail is 

 lead-colour, with white tips to the feathers : the 

 under surface is grey : the beak is red at the base 

 and whitish at the tip : the legs are fine red. 



Sp. 14. Columba locutrix. Pr. Max, MS.— Tenim.Pl. CoL 166. 

 Co. vinaceO'cinerea, gala Jiavescente, capite colloque purpurea, 



ventre cinereo^ alis cauddque cinereo-fu&cis, pemiis nuchce ad 



apicem maculis diiabus vinaceo-pufpureis, 

 Vinaceoiis-ash Pigeon, with the throat yellowish ; the head and 



neck purple ; the belly ash ; the wings and tail ashy-brown ; 



the feathers of the nape with two vinaceous purple spots near 



the tip. 



Inhabits Brazil. Length about thirteen inches : 

 all the plumage is shaded with different tints of 

 vinaceous-ash : the throat and space round the beak 

 are vinaceous, tinged with yellowish : the head and 

 neck are tinged with purple : the belly is nearly ash- 

 colour : the wings and tail ashy-brown, slightly tinted 

 with vinaceous : on the nape are several feathers 

 whose tips are slightly notched and lance-shaped ; 

 they have on each side of their webs a small vinaceous- 

 purple spot, more distinct in the males than in the 

 females ; but wanting in the young : the orbits are 

 violet-red : the beak is black, and the legs red. 

 ' Called Pomba margosa in Brazil. Its cry is similar 



