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SAINT DOMINGO PIGEON. 

 (Columba Dominicensis.) 



Ca. corpore griseo, capife suhtus albo, macula verticis fascia sub 



oculis et torque colli nigris, pectore vinaceo, crisso alboy caudd 



grised : rectricibus extimis albis. 

 Pigeon with a grey body, the head beneath white j a spot on the 



crown, fascia beneath the eyes, and collar on the neck, black; 



the breast of a vinaceous colour, the vent white, the tail grey, 



the outer feathers tipped with white. 

 Columba Dominicensis. Lath, Ind, Orn. 2, 615. 79- — Temm, 



Pig, Ind. 489. 

 Tourterelle de St. Domingue. Buff, PL Enl. 487- 

 Colombe a moustaches noires. Temm, Pig. (8w.) p. 36l. 

 Saint Domingo Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. IL 271* 



This elegant species, which is well figured in 

 the Planches Enluminees of BufFon, is a native of 

 St. Domingo, and most probably of other parts of 

 the West Indies : its total length is eleven inches : 

 its tail is longer in proportion to any of the rest of 

 the genus : the forehead, and the region of the 

 eyes, are white j the throat is the same : this colour 

 passes down each side of the neck, and joins on 

 the nape, forming a kind of collar : on the top of 

 the head is a broad transverse band of black, 

 which divides into two parts ; from the base of the 

 beak arises a streak of black, which passes beneath 

 the eyes, as far as the ear : the neck has a narrow 

 collar of the same colour, which is placed about 

 its middle : the breast is of a vinaceous colour j 



