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MALABAR PIGEON. 



the breast, and the belly, are of a vinaceous hue : 

 the sides of the neck are spotted in the middle, 

 they are black at their origin, and terminate in 

 clear vinaceous ; they have the appearance of a 

 coat of mail : the upper part of the back, and the 

 smaller v^ing-coverts, are of a much deeper vina- 

 ceous than the breast : the scapulars, the seconda- 

 ries, and the quills, are of a grey-brown, which 

 colour predominates on the two middle tail-fea- 

 thers; the other feathers are of a black-grey at 

 their origin, and then black for three-fourths of 

 their length, and terminated with a spot of grey- 

 ish-ash : the under part of the tail is black, termi- 

 nated with whitish -grey : the back, the rump, and 

 the sides of the body, are grey: the abdomen, 

 and the under tail-coverts, are of a vinaceous 

 white : the beak red : the feet are bluish-grey. 

 Found in the island of Madagascar. 



MALABAR PIGEON. 

 (Columba Malabarica.) 



Co. cinerea subtus alba alis medio maculis ovatis, rectricibus laie^ 



ralibus a basi ultra medium nigris, reliqua parte albis. 

 Cinereous Pigeon, beneath white, with ovate spots in the middle 



of the wings ; the lateral tail-feathers from the base to the 



middle black, the rest white. 

 Columba Malabarica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 779. 50. Lath. Ind, 



Orn. 2. 6O9. 57. Temm. Fig. hid. p. 483. 



