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MOUNTAIN GOUEA. 



(Goiira montana.) 



Go. corpore rnfo, pectore vinaceo, remigibus ritfis, macule sub 

 oculisy ad gulam et ad humeros tensa alba, orbitis nudis san- 

 guineis, 



Goura with a rufous body ; the breast vinaceous ; the quills ru- 

 fous 3 beneath the eyes a spot of white^ spreading towards the 

 throat and shoulders j the orbits naked, and blood-coloured. 



Columba montana. Linn, Syst. Nat. I. 281. 13. — Gmel. Syst, 

 Nat, 1. 772. \7,—Lath, Ind. Orn. 2. 594. 3,—Temm, Pig, 

 Ind. 492. 



Colombi-Gallinse Montagnard. Temm, Pig,{6vo.) p. 3Q5. 

 Mountain Partridge. Edwards, pi. 11 9. 



Partridge Pigeon. Lath. Gen, Syn. 4. 6l5. 3. — Lath. Syn, Sup. 

 197. 3. 



Eight inches and a half in length : beak redy 

 with the tip black : irides red ; the eyes surrounded 

 by a papiliated skin of a reddish cast : the upper 

 parts of the body rufous, with a purple gloss : face, 

 part of the neck and breast vinaceous j the rest of 

 the under parts, sides, thighs, and vent, rufous : 

 the back, wings and tail rufous, with a tinge of 

 copper : beneath the eye is a spot of white, another 

 on the side of the throat, and a third at the base 

 of the wing : legs red ; claws brown. Inhabits the 

 warmer parts of America : builds in low bushes : 

 the nests are lined with hair and cotton. 



