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VINACEOUS PIGEON. 

 (Columba vinacea.) 



Go. capite collo et partibus inferior ibus; vinaceo purpureis, alii 



dorso cauddque nigricantejuscis. 

 Pigeon with the head, ami under parts of the body, of a vinaceous 



purple 5 the wings, back, and tail, of a dusky brown. 

 Columba vinacea. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 47^, 

 Golombe vineuse. Temm, Pig. {8vo.}p, 303. 



The total length of this species is ten inches : 

 its head, neck, and the whole of the under parts 

 of the body, are of a beautiful vinaceous colour 

 or purple : the wings, the back, and the tail, are 

 of an uniform sooty-brown : the beak is black, the 

 feet are reddish brown, and the claws are brown* 

 Inhabits Guiana, 



BROWN PIGEON. 

 (Columba brunnea.) 



Co. pileo collo supra dorso tectricidusqua alarum brunneis, pec- 

 tore collo subtus uropygioque viridi'Splendidis. 



Pigeon with the top of the head, the neck above, the back, and 

 the wing-coverts, brown j the breast, neck beneath, and rump^ 

 of a splendid green. 



