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WHITE-BELLIED GROUND DOVE. 
PeHstera Jamaicensis.” 
PLATE XXIV. 
Columba J amaicensis, Lath. Ind. Ornilh. 2, S9.5 ep. 8.- 
Temm. Pig. 8vo, p. 411. — Columba rufaxilla, Wagler, 
Sgst. Av. sp. 69. — Columbe-Galline a front gris, Temm. 
Pig. pi. 10 — White-bellied Pigeon, Lath. Syn. 4, 619, 8. 
In this species we again have the curious attenua- 
tion of the first quill feather, which, as already men- 
tioned, exists in several species belonging to diffe- 
rent groups of the Columbidae, in other respects, but 
distantly connected with each other. In the rest of 
its characters, it agrees with those we have given of 
the genus, the bill being eraarginated, the wings 
rounded and concave, and the sides and binder part 
of the tarsi perfectly smooth. It is found in the 
island of Jamaica, and is also widely distributed 
throughout South America as far as the River Plate. 
It inhabits wooded districts, and is seen perched 
amidst the low thick bushes, where it conceals itself 
and roosts, or else upon the ground where it obtains 
its food, and where it walks and runs with great ac- 
• Named on the Plate P. rufaxilla.. 
