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CAYENNE PIGEON. 



outer edge of the wings and the quills black, with 

 whitish edges : body above and tail greenish-ash 

 colour ; end of the tail dusky : legs bluish : claws 

 black. Inhabits India.'' Latham has described 

 the above as a species ; but Temminck seems to 

 think that it is not distinct : further observation 

 may furnish us with the true state of the subject. 



CAYENNE PIGEON. 

 (Columba RufEna.) 



Co. subviolacea, giila, remigibus, rectricibusque griscescentibus, 

 dorso postice griseo-coerulescente. Mas. plumis occipitalibus 

 viridi-n itentibus. 



Subviolet Pigeon, with the throat, quills, and tail-feathers 

 greyish ; the back behind of a grey-blue. Male, with the 

 feathers of the occiput of a shining green. 



Columba ruffina. Temm. Pig. Ind. AQJ. 



Colombe roussette. Temm. Pig. {Svo.) 245. 



Pigeon ramier de Cayenne. Bonn. tab. Ency, Orn. p, 234. 8. 



A NEW species described by Temminck ; it is 

 eleven inches and a half in length : its wings are 

 very short in proportion to its tail: the under 

 part of its neck, the upper part of its back, and 

 the lesser wing-coverts are of a deep red, shaded 

 with a tint of violet ; which latter colour pre- 

 dominates over the belly, which is shaded with 

 greyish-vinaceous towards the thighs : the ab- 



