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WHITE-BELLIED GOURA. 



the breast of a bright vinaceous : the belly, sides, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts, of a reddish vina- 

 ceous : the quills brown, with their outer edges 

 rufous : the tail dusky ash-colour above, and 

 blackish beneath : the legs and claws red. 



WHITE-BELLIED GOURA, 

 (Goiira Jamaicensis.) 



Go. JiiscO'purpur a scens, cervice cczruleo purpureoque variajjronte 

 guldque albidis, corpore subtus vinaceo, rectricibus cisrulescen- 

 tibus lateralibus albo-terminatis. 



Brown-purple Goura, with the top of the neck varied with pur- 

 ple and blue j the forehead and throat whitish j the body be- 

 neath vinaceous J the tail-feathers bluish, the lateral ones ter- 

 minated with white. 



Columba Jamaicensis. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 283. 25. — Gmel. 

 Si/st. Nat. 1. 782. — Briss. Orn. 1. 134.31. — Temm. Pig. hid. 

 495. — Lath, hid. Orn. 2. 5^5. 8. 



Colombi-Galline a front gris. Temm. Pig, (8vo.) p. 411. 



White-bellied Pigeon. Lath, Gen. Syn, 4. 619. 8. 



The top of the head and all the under parts of 

 the neck and body, of this species, are white : the 

 hind-part of the neck varied with blue and purple : 

 the back, rump, and upper tail- coverts, purplish- 

 brown, with a tinge of red : the tail blue, with the 

 lateral feathers terminated with white : the body 

 beneath is vinaceous : the irides are white : the 



