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Hottentot gouua. 



(Goiira Hottentota.) 



Go. rufa^ front e gutiureque nlbis, collo pectoreque cojio^xnnacels, 

 albo nigruque limatis, ventre ahdomineqiie vi?2aceisj jiennis 

 caudalibus supra riifis infra canis. 



Rufous Goura^ with the forehead and throat white j the neck 

 and breast of a hoary vinaceous hue, with black and white 

 lunules ; the belly and abdomen vinaceous ; the feathers of the 

 tail above rufous, beneath hoary. 



Columba Hottentota. Temm. Pig. Ind.p. 497* 



Le Colombi-Caille. Le Vaill. Ois. d' Afriq. u. Q.pl. 283. 



Colombi-Galline Hottentot. Temm, Pig. (8vo,) p, 429. 



The male of this species has the occiput, the 

 back of the neck, the shoulders, the wing-coverts, 

 the rump, and the upper tail-coverts, of a fine red 

 cinnamon-colour j each feather slightly tipped with 

 brown : the forehead and the throat are white : the 

 fore-part, and sides of the neck, are of a clear vi- 

 naceous grey : the feathers are slightly edged with 

 white and black : the middle of the breast, the 

 belly, the thighs, and the under tail-coverts, are 

 bright red : the outer webs of the wing-feathers 

 are red, the interior dusky ; the tail, which is short 

 and rounded, is of a cinnamon-colour above, and 

 greyish-black beneath : the beak is brownish-yel- 

 low : the feet and eyes red. The female is smaller 

 than the male, and the colours are less brilliant- 

 Found by Le Vaillant in the neighbourhood of the 

 mountains in the country of the Grand Nams- 



