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CAPE PIGEON. 



coverts, are the same : the hinder part of the head 

 is of a fine red, reflecting the most brilliant tints 

 of pure gold, crimson and green ; this colour ex- 

 tends to the angles of the mouth : the wings and 

 the tail are dusky, the feathers of the latter ter- 

 minated with white : the rest of the plumage is of 

 a reddish blue ; the shades are more distinct on 

 the belly : the beak is black : the eyes have a 

 double iris, the inner one being greyish, and very 

 large, the other of a pomegranate red. Found 

 in Paraguay and Chili : it lives on the elevated 

 trees on the margins of woods. 



CAPE PIGEON. 



(Columba Capensis ) 



Co, corpore griseo-Jusco mbtus albo, remigibus primoribus latere 

 interiore riijis, rectricibus longissimis subtus nigris : extrema 

 utrinque excepta^ quce extus apiceque alba est. Mas. fronte 

 gulaque nigris^ alis macula chalybeo - splendent e . 



Pigeon with the body of a grey-brown, beneath white 3 the 

 quills on the inner webs edged with rufous ; the tail-feathers 

 very long, black beneath, the outer ones on each side excepted, 

 which are white at the tip, and on their inner web. Male 3 

 with the forehead and throat black, the wings with a splendid 

 steel- coloured spot, 



Columba Capensis. Lath. Sijst, Nat. 1. 286. Sg. — Gmel, Syst, 

 Naf. 1. 790.— Bn.w. On?. 1. 120. 22. pi. Q.f. 2. male. Lath. 

 Ind. Orn-. 2. 6 14, 75,—Tcmm. Pig. Ind. 49O. 



