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WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON. 

 ( Columba leucocephala.) 



Co. ccBvukscens, orbitis verticequt albis, remigibus rectricibusque 



fuscis, cervice viridi nitente margine nigro. 

 Blue Pigeon, with the orbits and top of the head white, the 



quills and tail brown^ the cervix of a shining green, edged 



with black. 



Columba leucocephala. Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 596. 5. — Lin, Syst. 



Nat. 1. 281. 14.— Gmel. Syst, Nat. 17^2.— Temm. Pig. Ind, 45g. 



— Raii. Syn,p. 63. — Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 Columba saxatilis Jamaicensis. Briss, Orn, 1. 137. 33. 

 Le Pigeon de roche de la Jamaique. Buff. Ois. 2, p. 529. 

 Colombe a calotte blanche. Temm. Pig. p. 204. 

 Bald-pated Pigeon. Brovun. Jam. p. 468. 



White-crowned Pigeon. Catesh. Carol. 1. 65. — Penn. Arct. 

 Zool. 2, No. 189. — Lath, Gen, Syn. 4. 616.— Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Length thirteen inches : the beak red, with a 

 white tip : the eyes surrounded with a white 

 skin : the irides yellow : the top of the head 

 white, forming a kind of cap ; beneath which it 

 is of a changeable purple : the neck is of a green 

 and blue colour, varied with a copper gloss ; the 

 hinder part of the neck is covered with feathers 

 of a scaly appearance, which reflect a metallic 

 tinge, and are terminated by a blackish border : 

 the upper and under parts of the body are of a 

 bluish-grey brown : the greater and lesser quills 

 brown : tail the same : the legs red, the claws 

 grey. 



This bird inhabits Jamaica, St. Domingo, and 



