RED-BELLIED GOURA. 



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nostrils are greatly elevated, and form two tuber- 

 cles at the base of the beak : the total length is 

 nine inches. 



Inhabits Jamaica and the adjacent islands : it 

 feeds on berries : it has a very disagreeable and 

 mournful voice, which is repeatedly uttered. 



RED-BELLIED GOURA. 

 (Goiira erythrothorax.) 



Go. fusca^ facie alba, collo pectoreque purpureis^ cervice vinculo 



violaceo viridi-aureo nitente, abdomine rufo, pennis caudcB 



lateralibus nigris cano-terminntis. 

 Brown Goura, with the face white; the neck and breast purple; 



the nape with a violet collar^ with golden -green reflections ; 



the abdomen rufous j the lateral tail-feathers blacky tipped 



with hoary. 



Columba erythrothorax. Temm. Pig, Ind, 494. 

 Colombi-Galline a fache blanche. Temm, Pig. (8uo.) p, 405. 



Ten inches and a half in length : the face is of 

 a grey- white : the top of the head, the neck, and 

 the breast, are of a fine vinaceous colour, the 

 breast being deepest : the nape of the neck is fur- 

 nished with a kind of collar, of violet, with golden 

 reflections : the belly, the thighs, the abdomen, 

 and the under tail- coverts, are deep rust-colour : 

 the back, the wings, the upper tail-coverts, and 

 the two middle tail-feathers, are of a sooty hue \ 



