BLACK-WINGED PIGEON. 



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towards the sides it is purplish, and possesses a 

 metallic reflection : the whole of the upper parts 

 are of an earthy-brown: the scapulars and the 

 greater coverts are spotted with black : the quills 

 are dusky, the exterior margin edged with grey- 

 ish-white : the belly is of a brownish-ash : the 

 tail-feathers are grey, the whole, except the two 

 middle ones, tipped with white : the beak is black, 

 and the legs reddish. 



BLACK-WINGED PIGEON. 

 (Columba melanoptera.) 



Co. capite colloque rubro-violaceis, occipite rufo'violaceo aureo- 

 nitente, dorso et partibus inferioribus cceruleo-rufescentibus, 

 alis caudaque nigrescentibus, pennis caudce albo-terminatis. 



Pigeon with the head and neck of a red violet j the occiput the 

 same, with golden reflections ; the back and under parts of 

 the body of a reddish-blue j the wings and tail dusky, the 

 feathers of the latter terminated with white. 



Columba melanoptera. Molin. Chili, p, 308. — Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 

 1. 790. 70.— Lfif/^. Ind. Orn. 2. ^15. 78. — Temm. Pig, Ind. 

 488. 



Colombe melanoptere. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 35Q. 

 Black-winged Pigeon. Lnth. Gen. Syn, Sup, II, 271. 



Twelve inches in length : the anterior half of 

 the head is of a reddish violet-colour ; the whole 

 of the neck, the breast, and the upper wing- 



