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<^ H A P. . . Order IV. Columbine. 
XV. 
V — ' Genus XLVI. 
Bronze - WINGED Pigeon. 
Size of a large dove-houfe pigeon : general colour of 
the plumage afli-coloured, brown on the upper parts, 
the feathers margined witli pale rufous ; the under 
parts pale alli-colour, with very pale margins : the 
wing coverts are much the fame colour as the back, but 
the greater ones, or lower feries, have each of them a 
large oval fpot of bronze on the outer webs near the 
ends, forming together, when the wings are clofed, two 
bars of the mod brilliant and beautiful bronze, changing 
into red, copper, and green, in different refiedtions of 
light : feveral of the feathers alfo among the other co- 
verts have the fame fpots on them, but are irregu- 
larly placed : the quills are brown, with the inner webs, 
from the middle to the bafe, pale rufous ; as are the 
lides of the body and all the under wing coverts : the 
tail confifts of fixteen feathers ; the two middle ones are 
brov/n, the others pale lead, or dove colour, with a bar 
of black near the tips : the bill is of a dull red : the 
forehead very pale, nearly white, palling a little way 
under the eye : the chin and throat pale grey : the legs 
are red. 
This bird inhabits Norfolk Ifland ; and is clearly a 
noii-defcript fpeciesa 
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