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ST. THOMAS VINAGO, 

 (Vinago Militaris.) 



Vi. xnridis, capite cano^ collo pectoreque Jlavis, fascia caruleo-cana 



incervicef carpo alee violaceo, ventre virescente-cano. 

 Green A^inago, with the head hoary, the neck and breast yellow, 



the top of the neck with a hoary-blue band, the bend of the 



wings violet, the belly of a hoary-green. 

 Columba militaris. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 43g. 

 Columba Sancta Thomae. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. p. 600. 24. — 



Gmel. S^st, Nat. 1. 778. 46. — Briss. Orn. 1. 174. 40. 

 Colombar Commandeur. Temm. Pig. et Gall. edit. Svo. p. 3Q. 

 St. Thomas Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. 631. 22. 



Length twelve inches and a half: the whole of 

 the head, as far as the orifice of the ears, is of a 

 clear blue-grey : on the breast is a large yellow 

 shield, the extremities of which reach upwards to 

 the top of the back, surrounded with a grey-blue 

 zone : the rest of the upper parts are of a dull 

 apple-green, changing to grey towards the rump : 

 the feathers at the bend of the wing are of a 

 beautiful purple-brown, forming a kind of epau- 

 lette : the middle and the greater feathers of the 

 wing are black, the former t Jged with yellowish 

 white, and the latter with yellow-olive , with a 

 smaller border of yellowish white : the belly and 

 the whole of the under parts of the wings are of 

 a greyish- white : the thighs are pale yellow : the 

 inferior tail-coverts are red, each feather terminated 

 with white : the upper part of the tail is half 



