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GARNET-WINGED PIGEON. 



Columba erythroptera. Gmel Syst. Nat. 1. 775. 10. — Lath. Ind, 



Orn. 2. 597. \5,'—Temm. Pig. Ind. 473. 

 Le Pigeon a ailes rouges. Sonnini. Buff. 7. 223. 

 Colombe erythroptere. Temm. Fig. {Qvo.) p, 273. 

 Garnet- winged Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 624. 13. 



Nine inches and a half in length : beak dusky 

 yellow, or black: the forehead white ; from thence 

 a streak of the same passes over each eye to the 

 hind head, which is black, as is also the nape : the 

 lower part of the neck behind, the shoulders, and 

 the wing-coverts are of a fine deep garnet colour: 

 the back between the wings, the quills, tail, lower 

 J. part of the breast, belly, and vent are all black : 



the tail is greyish-ash colour at the base, and the 

 end black : the under part plain dusky : the legs 

 brown. 



This varies slightly, having the forehead, throat, 

 fore part of the neck, and breast, white ; hind part 

 of the neck dusky : over the eye a ferruginous 

 streak, passing a little downward on each side of 

 the neck : back dusky black : belly dusky : quills 

 and tail blackish : in other respects similar to the 

 above : this variety most probably indicates only 

 a different sex, or a younger bird. 



Native of the Society and other Islands of the 

 vast Southern Pacific Ocean. 



