FERRUGINOUS GROUND DOVE. 
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and throat pinkish-white. Upper plumage entirely 
hrownish-orange, with the exception of a few trans- 
verse streaks of hlack upon the exterior wehs of 
some of the wing-coverts nearest the body. Under 
plumage deep vinaceous red. Axillary feathers and 
pai't of under wing-coverts black. Tail with the 
two middle feathers brownish-orange, the remainder 
brownish-black, with reddish-brown tips, moderate- 
ly curvated. Bill and orbits bluish-gray. Legs and 
toes pale red, the outer side of the tarsus with a row 
of small feathers down the line of junction between 
the aerotarsia and paratarsia. Quills broad, the 
fourth with a large projecting notch towards the 
middle of the inner web. The fe- 
mah has the crown of the head of a 
sordid gray. The upper plumage o. 
a wood-brown, tinged with red ; the 
scapulars and wing-coverts marked 
as on the male. Under plumage dirty 
gray, tinged with pale pui-plish-red. 
Another species, the Chcemepelia 
Ptcui, in the colour of the plumage 
greatly resembles the female Talpi- 
coit. The wing-eoverts are more 
deeply tinged with red, and the black 
bars upon them rather broader. The 
whole of the under wing-coverts, as 
well as the greater quills, are black. 
The tail is moderately rounded, with 
the margin of the exterior feathers 
