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Pigeon-, Wild, of Brazil ; the Picui Pinima 
of Marcgrave. This bird is about the fize of a 
lark : the bill is brown-, and fliaped like that of 
the common Pigeon; the eyes are black, furround- 
ed with bright yellow irides ; the head, the top of 
the neck, the fides, back, and wing-feathers, are 
afli-coloured, and extremely long : the tail is of 
a browniil-i afh-colour ; but, in fome varieties, it is 
white, and black about the middle. The fea- 
thers on the belly are white, with brown edges ; 
and the legs and feet are of the fame colour. The 
flefh of this fpecics is reckoned very delicate. 
Pigeon, Mexican. This fpecies is entire- 
ly of a dufky colour, except the breaft and the 
extremities of the wings, which are of a dirty 
white; and the irides are red. 
Pigeon, Ring-tailed, of Jamaica. This 
fpecies is about fifteen inches long ; and the ex- 
panfion of the wings is twenty inches. The bill 
has a double protuberance at the bafe, near the 
noftrils ; and the irides are red. The head, neck, 
and breaft, are purplifh ; the belly is white ; the 
upper part of the neck is of a greenifh purple hue, 
fhining and changeable ; the back and tail are 
of a palifh blue ; and the wings are dufky. 
Pigeon, Bald Pate, of Jamaica. This 
fpecies is about eleven inches long, and eighteen 
in breadth. The bill is half an inch long, red at 
the bafe, and protuberant, but white below the 
nollrils. In old birds, the top of the head is 
white, from whence their name is derived. The 
body is wholly of a dark blue colour, except the 
upper part of the neck, which is of a changeable 
blue and green. 
Pigeon, Greenland. The eyes of this bird 
are black, with yellow irides ; and on the covert- 
feathers of each wing there is a white fpot, but 
in every other part the body is black. There 
are twenty-fcven feathers in each wing; and the 
legs and feet are of a bright red colour. 
Pigeon, Chinese. This bird, which is of a 
moderate fize, has a blueifh afh-coloured bill ; 
and the irides are of a beautiful white. The fides 
of the head are yellow ; but the top, and the 
fpace round the eyes, are cinereous. The ex- 
tremities of the feathers on each fide of the head 
and neck are red ; and there are blue feathers 
about the rife of the wings. The hind pare of the 
neck and the back are brov.'n ; and the extremities 
of the K^athers are black: thofe on the fhoulders 
are lighter, and variegated at the tips with black 
and wliite. The firft and laft covert-feathers are 
black, v.'ith white external edges ; the long fea- 
thers of the wings are black, with white edges ; 
and the breaft and belly are of a beautiful pale 
rofe-colour. The tail, which is compofed of 
twelve feathers, is a mixture of dufky and bright ; 
the legs and feet are red ; and the claws are 
black. 
Pigeon, Wood, of Carolina. This fpe- 
cies pretty nearly refeinbles that of the fame name 
in England, except that it has a longer tail. About 
£v/o hundred mijes from the fea-coaft of Carolina, 
thcle bu'ds are found in prodigious numbers : 
they are generally very fat; and their flefh is 
elleemed excellent. 
Pigeon, Triangular Spotted. This beauti- 
ful fpecies, which was firft dcfcribed by Edwards, 
is a native of the interior parts of Africa. The 
bill is duiky; the irides are of a bright yellow co- 
lour, inclining to a gold; and round the eyes there 
is a fijace of red, withouir any fenthers. The whole 
bead, neck, belly, thighs, and coverts under the 
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tail, are of a light alh-colour, in foine pLices in- 
clining to white; the feathers all round the neck 
end in ftiarp points, tinged on their edges with 
a red vinous colour; the upper part of the back, 
the coverts of the v/ings, and fomx of the quills 
next the body, are of a pleafant reddilh brown, in 
fome pofitions appearing purplifh; and all the co- 
verts of the wings, and a few of the quills next 
the body, are beautifully painted v/ith triangular 
white fpots. The greater quills are black, the 
edges of the webs being fomewhat lighter; the 
lower part of the back and rump is white; the 
feathers which cover the tail are of a light alh- 
colour ; the tail-feathers are of a dark afh ; the 
legs are reddifli ; and the claws are brown. 
Pigeon, Great-crowned, Indian. Though 
this bird unqueftionably belongs to the Pigeon 
family, it is nearly as large as a turkey. The bill is 
ftraighr, and black ; and from the upper mandible 
on each fide pafs broad fpaces of black, termi- 
nating in points toward the hinder part of the head. 
The irides are red. The head is adorned with a 
towering crcft or crown, fuppofed to be always 
eredl : it is compofed of very delicate feathers, with 
flender Ihafts and fine webs, wholly detached from 
each other. The head, creft, neck, quill-feathers 
of the wings, the tail, and the whole under fide, 
are of a fine lightifti blue afh-colour; the coverts 
of the wings and the middle of the back are of a 
dark reddifh brick-colour ; fome of the firft row 
of coverts above the quills are v/hite, with red tips; 
the remainder of the fame row of coverts, next 
the back, are afti-coloured ; and the legs and feet, 
which are of the ufual conformation, are whitifh. 
Pigeon of the Isle of Nicobar. This beau- 
tiful bird is about the fize of a common tame 
Pigeon. The bill is blackifli ov. /dufky; and the 
eyes are hazel- coloured, with black pupils. The 
head, neck, breaft, belly, thighs, and coverts be- 
neath the tail, are of a dark blueifh purple hue ; 
the plumage on the neck is long and pointed, re- 
flecfling the moft beautiful varying colours ; the 
back and upper fides of the wings are green, chang- 
ing to copper and gold ; the extreme quills are of 
a fine blue colour, as are the covert-feathers im- 
mediately above them ; and the tips of the quills, 
for a confiderable way, are of a dark dufky blue. 
The tail and upper covert-feathers are white ; and 
the legs and feet are covered with reddifli purple 
fcales. 
Pigeon, White, of the Islf of Lucon. 
This beautiful bird, which was firft defcribed by 
Sonnerat in his Voyage to New Guinea, is about 
the fize of the common European Pigeon. It's 
whole body is of a fhining v^'hite colour; but on 
the breaft, at the bottom of the neck, appear 
a few red feathers, forming a large fpot of a fan- 
guine hue. The feet and the bill are red ; and the 
irides are of a reddifli violet-colour. 
Pigeon, Grey, of the Isle of Lu^on. Tliis 
fpecies is fomewhat lefs than the common ftock- 
dove. The top of the head is of a whitifh grey- 
colour ; the hind part of the neck is of a violet- 
hue, varying to green ; and the forepart of the 
neck is white. The breaft is adorned with a red 
fanguine fpot, of the moft vivid beauty in the mid- 
dle, but paler towards the extremities. The belly 
is greyifh, fiiaded with red ; the back, the prima- 
ries, and the extremity of the tail, are black j 
each wing is marked v/ith three tranfverfe grey 
circular bars, and two black ones ; the tail is grey- 
ifh at it's origin ; the bill is black ; and the feet are 
of a reddilh violet-colour. 
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