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VIOLET PIGEON. 

 (Columba violacea.) 



Q.o,Jronte collo ventre abdomineque albis, pectore ex candicante 

 violaceo, partibus superioribus ex violaceo rufo, cervice et parte 

 dor si superior e violaceo ex aureo nitente. 



Pigeoai with the forehead, neck, belly, and abdomen, white ; 

 the breast of a hoary violet ; the upper parts of the body 

 violet-red ; the cervix and superior part of the back violet, 

 with a gold gloss. 



Columba violacea. Temm. Pig, Ind. 470- 



Colombe a nuque violette. Temm, Pig. (8vo.) p. 260. 



Native of South America : nine inches in 

 length : the upper parts of its body, comprising 

 the wings and the whole of the tail-feathers, are 

 of a beautiful deep red-purple: the greater wing- 

 quills are reddish : on the nape are some brilliant 

 feathers, forming a kind of collar of a fine violet, 

 with golden reflections : the forehead, the throat, 

 the belly, the sides, the abdomen, and the under 

 tail-coverts are of a pure white : the breast is tinged 

 of a violet-purple, with bronzed reflections : the 

 eyes are placed in a reddish space : the beak and 

 the feet are reddish. 



