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GREAT-TAILED PIGEON. 

 (Columba macroura.) 



Co. Cauda (Equali longitudinc corporis, corpore cinnamomeo subtus 

 albidoj rectricibus apice albis. 



Pigeon with an equal tail the length of the body, which is cin- 

 namon-coloured above, and whitish beneath j the tail-feathers 

 tipped with white. 



Columba macroura. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 790. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 2. 6l5. 76. — Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 485. 



La Tourterelle a large queue, ou Tourocco, Buff". Ois. 2. 553. 

 —Buff. PL Enl. 329. 



Colombe Tourocco. Temm. Pig. {8vo.) 



Great-tailed Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. QQJ. 66. 



This bird is remarkable for the great size of its 

 tail, which occupies above half the length of the • 

 body: the head, the neck, and the whole of the 

 upper parts of the body, the wings and the tail, 

 are of a reddish cinnamon-colour : the breast is of 

 a vinaceous red ; and the whole of the under parts 

 of the body are reddish white : the throat is white, 

 as are the lateral feathers of the tail : the beak 

 and legs are red. Inhabits Senegal and other 

 parts of Africa. 



