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’The Green- wing’d Dove, 
T his Dove is reprefented in the Plate of its natural Bignels : It is 
rather round than long-body’d; the Tail and Wings not fo long 
as in moft kind of Doves. I think it the moft beautiful of all the Dove- 
kind I have hitherto feen. The Bill is near an Inch long and pretty 
Bender, of a Scarlet-colour, from the Point to the Noftrils, both upper 
and under Chaps ; from the Noftrils to the Head of a pale Blue, a little 
Rifing in the upper Part ; the Eye is of a dark Colour ; the Forehead is 
white, from whieh proceed two white Lines above the Eyes, towards the 
hinder Part of the Head ; the Crown of the Head is of a bluifti Colour; 
the Sides of the Head, Neck and Breaft, are of a Rofe-colour, tho’ the 
blind Part of the Neck gradually changes to a more dirty Colour ; the 
Belly is of a dirty Orange- colour, which infenfibly foftens into and unites, 
with the Rofe-colour of the Breaft ; the upper Side of the Wings are of 
a fine Green-colour in fome Lights, which in other Pofitions to the 
Light, appear of a fplendid Copper-colour, or a Colour more inclining- 
to Gold ; the greater Quills are of a dirty Black ; the Shoulder or Ridge 
of the Wing is fpotted with fmall white Spots ; among the Covert- 
feathers of the Wing, on one Side only, was a fingle white Feather 
the Sides, under the Wings, are of the fame Colour with the Belly ; 
the Covert-feathers, within-fide of the Wings, are of a dark Cinnamon- 
colour ; the inner Webs of the. Quills from their Bottoms, for a good 
way towards their Tips, are alfo tinged of a Cinnamon-colour, other- 
wife they are of a dusky Black ; the middle of the Back is of a dirty 
Brown ; the lower Part of the Back, and the Feathers covering the Tail, 
are Afh-colour ; the middle Feathers of the Tail are Black ; the outer 
Feathers Alh-colour, with black Tips; the Legs and Feet are of a Red- 
colour, fuch as is common to moft of the Pigeon-^\vA ; the Claws are 
light Brown. 
This Dove ysSiS prefented to yix.yohn W arner., Merchant in Rotberhith^ 
at whofe Ploufe I took a Draught of it. He told me it was brought 
from the E'ajl Indies. I faw another of thefe Birds, .kept fome time in, 
a. Cage at , Hans Shane %. . 
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