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MADAGASCAR PIGEON. 

 (Columba Madagascariensis.) 



Co. pedibus plumosis, caudd molaced, corpore cceruleo-nigro. 

 Pigeon, with the feet feathered^ the tail violet, and the body of 

 a blue-black. 



Columba Madagascariensis, Liitn. Si/st, Nat, 1. 283. 21. — 

 Gmel. Syst, Nat. p. y^Q.-^Briss. Oriu 1. 140. 36. t. 14, f, 1.— 

 Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 604. AO.— Temm, Pig. Ind. 463. 



Colombe Fourningo. Buf. Ois. 2. 539- — Le Vaill. Ois, d*Jfriquc. 

 6.pL 266. — Temyn, Pig. (Qvo.) p. 221. 



Pigeon ramier bleu du Madagascar. Buff. PL Enl. 1 1 . 



Madagascar Pigeon. Lath, Gen. Syn. 4. 640. 35. 



This beautiful species is ten inches and a half 

 in length : the principal part of its plumage is of 

 a blue-black, shaded with violet : the tail-feathers 

 and its inferior coverts are of a clear purple- violet: 

 the eyes are situated in a naked space of a dull 

 red colour : the feet, which are covered with fea- 

 thers from the origin of the toes, are red : the beak 

 is of the same colour, with the point dusky : the 

 claws are black. 



This species is found in Madagascar and the 

 southern parts of Africa, where it frequents deep 

 forests. 



