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TAMBOUR PIGEON. 



and the rump, are of a brownish-red, changing to 

 purple or green, with a polished steel gloss, ac 

 cording to the position with respect to the hght : 

 the under parts of the body, as also the under 

 tail-coverts, are of an uniform red : the wing-quills 

 are dusky, externally bordered with grey-blue, as 

 are those of the tail : the beak is bluish : the legs 

 are of a vinaceous red, and the eyes are orange. 

 The female differs from the male in being plainer 

 in colour. 



This bird was observed to be very abundant in 

 the woods of the Antiniquoi : it is very difficult to 

 kill, as it seeks shelter in the most inaccessible 

 places among the trees. 



TAMBOUR PIGEON. 

 (Columba Tympanistria.) 



Co. fronte superciliis et partibus inferiorihus alhis, collo dorso 

 alisque olivaceo-jifscis, remigibus rujis, cauda fusca, fascia nigra 

 in extremitate trium pennarum. 



Pigeon with the forehead, eyebrows, and under parts of the 

 body white J the neck, back, and wings of an olive- brown 3 

 the quills rufous, the tail brown, and a black fascia at the tip 

 of three of its feathers. 



Columba Tympanistria. Te7nm. Pig. Ind. 4^5. 



Tourterelle Tambourette. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. 6. p. 2/2. 



Colombe Tambourette. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p, 287. 



