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domen and the inferior tail-coverts are grey ; the 

 greater and lesser wing-quills, and those of the 

 tail, are of a greyish-ash ; the former having a 

 bright grey margin on their outer webs. The 

 back, the rump, and the inferior wing-coverts are 

 of a bluish-grey : the throat is white. The males 

 are distinguished by a patch of golden green on 

 the occiput ; the females have the plumage in 

 general less vivid, and the patch on the occiput is 

 of a reddish-violet colour : the beak, in both, is of 

 a livid colour, the feet are red, and the claws 

 brown. 



This species is found in Guiana, and in the 

 islands of Cuba, St. Domingo, and Jamaica. 



BLACK-CAPPED PIGEON. 

 (Columba melanocephala.) 



Co. viridiSf capite cinerascente, occtpite nigro, guld, ahdomineque 



Jtavis, crisso purpureo-coccineo , caudd cequalu 

 Green Pigeon, with the head dusky, the occiput black, the 



throat and abdomen yellow, the vent of a scarlet-purple, the 



tail equal. 



Columba melanocephala. Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1. 781. 54.'-^Laih. 



Ind. Orn. 2. 6 10. 59- — Temm, Pig. Ind. 470. 

 Turvert. Buff. Ois. 2. 555. 

 Tourterelle de Batavia. Buff. PI. Enl. 214. 

 Colombe Turgris. Temm. Pig. {Svo.) p. 263. 

 Black-capped Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 654. 50. 



