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WATTLED PIGEON. 



the feet and claws are dusky blue. Inhabits 

 Southern Africa and Madagascar. 



WATTLED PIGEON. 

 (Columba auricularis. ) 



Co. alba naribus globosis, orbitis colloque nudis caruleis, tribus 



carunculis gularibus sanguineis, remigibus primoribus caudaque 



ad apicem nigris. 

 White Pigeon, with the nostrils globose ; the orbits and neck 



naked blue, with three blood- red caruncles on the throat 



the primary quills and tip of the tail black. 

 Columba auricularis. Temm. Pig;. Ind, 465. 

 Colombe Oricou. Temm. Pig. (8w.) 236. 



In length about eleven inches and a half: the 

 cheeks, as far as the aperture of the ears, are naked 

 and blue ; the skin hangs down in front of the 

 neck, forming three caruncles, which are of a 

 blood-red colour : the nostrils are surrounded with 

 a kind of globose wattle : the plumage is of an 

 uniform white : the tail alone is greyish at its base, 

 and black towards its tip : the outer webs of the 

 lateral feathers are white for about three quarters of 

 their length : the greater and lesser quills are white 

 at their origin, and black towards their tips, th^ 

 outer feather of each wing being entirely of the 

 latter colour : the spurious wing is of a grey-black : 

 the feet are red and the beak black. This appears 



