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ROSE PIGEON. 



neck and breast varied with rufous, white, and 

 purplish blue ; each feather being rufous at the 

 base, then white, with blue margins, giving that 

 part the appearance of a coat of mail : the shoul- 

 ders, the back, and the lesser wing-coverts are of a 

 ferruginous purple : the greater quills are of an 

 ashy brown ; the lesser are the same, but not so 

 dark : the tail is dusky : the belly, the abdomen, and 

 the inferior tail-coverts are whitish, with violaceous 

 tinges towards the sides: the feet are red, the 

 claws brown : the female is less brilliant in colour ; 

 the back and the wings are greyish ; the quills and 

 tail-feathers are of a grey brown ; and the under 

 parts of the body are of a dull white, with a slight 

 violet hue towards the sides. Inhabits Cayenne, 

 where it is abundant. 



ROSE PJGEON. 

 (Columba miniata.) 



Co. capite cano, partibus inferioribus vinaceo-canisy collo dorsoque 

 purpureO'Violaceis, pennis mediis caudce nigris, lateralibus albo 

 terminatis, humeris spadiceis, pennis colli bifurcis. 



Pigeon with a hoary head 3 the under parts of the body of a 

 hoary red ; the neck and back of a purple-violet ; the middle 

 of the tail-feathers black, the lateral ones terminated by 

 white 5 the shoulders chesnut-coloured j the feathers of the 

 neck bifurcated. 



Columba miniata. Temm. Pig. Ind. 460. 



Grande Tourterelle de la Chine. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 178. 



Colomba Mordoree. Temm. Pig. (Svo.) p. 36g. 



