GREEN-WINGED DOVE.. 
scarlet colour from the point to the nostrils, and 
of a pale blue from the nostrils to the head. 
The eyes are darkish; and, from the forehead, 
which is white, proceed two lines of the same 
colour, above the eyes, towards the hinder pare 
of the head. The crown of the head is blueish ; 
the sides ef the head, the neck, and the breast, 
are rosaceous ; and the belly is of a dirtv orange 
hue, which insensibly blends itself w^ith the 
rose-colour of the breast. The upper sides of 
the wino;s, when viewed in certain lights, dis- 
play a beautiful green; and, in others, assume 
the tinge of bright copper, or gold. The 
larger quills are a dirty black ; and the shoulders 
or ridges of the v%-ings are of the same colour 
with the belly. The covert feather are a dark 
cinnamon ; the interior webs of rhe quills be- 
ing in some parts tinged with a common cin- 
namon, but in others with a dusky black. 
The middle ot the back is a dirtv brown ; and 
the lower part of the back, and the feathers 
which cover the tail, are cinereous. The 
middle feathers of the tail are black ; and the 
outer ones cinereous, with black tips. 1 he 
legs and feet are reddisli, and the claws are a 
light brown. 
