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SOUTHERN VINAGO. 



Palumbus viridis Madagascariensis. Briss. Orn. 1. 142. 3/. 

 t. 14. /. 2. 



Pigeon rainier verd de Madagascar. Buff, Ois. 2. 540,'^Buff. 



Pl.Enl.in. 

 Colombar Makson, Temm. Pig. (8uo.) p, 43. 

 Madagascar Pigeon. Lath, Gen, Syn. 4. 641. 35. a. 



Like the rest of this genus, this species feeds 

 upon fruits : it is in length twelve inches and a 

 half: the head, the neck, the breast, and the 

 belly are of a bright olive-green : the back and 

 the under coverts of the tail are of a deep green : 

 at the bend of the wing is an epaulette of pur- 

 ple-brown : the greater coverts are tipped with 

 yellow, forming a band of that colour on the 

 wing: the greater quills are black, with a slight 

 border of yellow : the upper part of the tail is of 

 a deep grey, which colour reaches from its base 

 to about three-fourths of its length; the extre- 

 mities of the feathers are of a briglit grey : the tail 

 below is black at its base, and white at the tip : 

 the feathers on the thighs and tarsi are green : 

 the abdomen is of this latter colour, with oblong 

 pure white spots : the under tail-coverts are red, 

 tipped with white : the base of the beak is covered 

 with a reddish membrane ; its point is of a horny 

 grey : the feet are red, and the claws grey. Native 

 of Madagascar. 



