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TALPACOTI GOURA. 



gre}' -brown : tlie tarsi are of an obscure violet : 

 the beak is deep bluish, and the space round the 

 eye blue. 



Very abundant in Paraguay, and the marshy 

 countries on the borders of the river La Plata. 



TALPACOTI GOURA. 



(Goiira Talpacoti.) 



Go. cinnamomea, capite cczruleo, lineis nigris in scapulis, remigibus 

 Juscis, Cauda nigra riifo-terminatd, parte tarsi exteriori plu- 



mata, alis intus nigris. 

 Cinnamon-coloured Goura, with the head blue ; the scapulars 



with black lines ; the quills brown ; the tail black, terminated 



with rufous ; the outer part of the tarsi feathered 3 the wing 



beneath black. 

 Columba Talpacoti. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 496. 

 Colombi-Galline Talpacoti. Temm. Pig. {Qvo.) 421. 



One of the smallest of the genus, being only 

 six inches and a half in length : the top of the 

 head is of a grey-blue, shaded on the forehead 

 with whitish : the throat and the sides of the neck 

 are grey, shaded with vinaceous : the whole of the 

 back, the greater and lesser wing-coverts, those 

 of the tail, the front of the neck, the breast, and 

 the whole of the under parts of the body, are of a 

 deep red, shaded with delicate vinaceous tints: 

 the middle, and the greater wing-coverts, are 



