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SHARP-TAILED VINAGO. 
Vinago oxyura. 
PLATE II. 
Columba oxyura, Reinwardl — Columba a queue pointue, 
Temminck, PI. Color, pi. 240. 
In this species a slight deviation from the typical 
example delineated in the foregoing plate may be oh- 
served, the wings being devoid of the yellow edging 
so conspicuous in most of them, and the tail having 
acquired a more conical form, with the two middle 
feathers acuminated and projecting considerably be- 
yond the rest. This modification seems to indicate 
some slight deviation in the habits and economy of 
the bird; but as M. Temminck’s description (the only 
one hitherto published) is totally silent on this in- 
teresting point, we are obliged to confine ourselves 
to a mere description of the plumage. 
The greater part of the body, both above and be- 
low, is green, but brightest upon the throat and 
belly. Across the breast is a narrow bar or half 
collar of saffron-y'ellow ; the vent and under tail-co- 
verts are yellow, the latter with a great part of their 
inner webs green. The greater quills are black, but 
