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SCALY PIGEON. 



(Columba squamosa.) 



Co. ex cano'fusca nigro-squamosa<i alis maculis albis. 



Pigeon of a hoary-brown colour^ with black scales, the wings 



with white spots. 

 Columba squamosa. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 484. 

 Colombe ecaillc. Teynm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 336. 

 Picuipinima. Marcq. Hist. Nat. Brasil. p. 204. 



Scarcely eight inches in length : the whole 

 plumage has the appearance of being covered 

 with black scales, each feather being terminated 

 by a band more or less strong of that colour : the 

 shades of colour on the head and the hinder part 

 of the neck are of a greyish- vinaceous ; which 

 colour becomes very bright in front of the neck 

 and on the breast, and reaches the rest of the 

 under parts, gradually passing to whitish : the 

 feathers of the back and the rump, those of the 

 middle of the tail, and the greater wing-coverts, 

 are of an earthy grey-brown: one of the small, 

 and the whole of the middle coverts, have the 

 edges of the webs whitish : the quills are black ; 

 as are also the lateral tail-feathers at their base ; 

 but the four outer ones on each side are termi- 

 nated with white : the beak is black : and the feet 

 red. Inhabits the neighbourhood of Bahia in 

 BrasiL 



