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NAKED-BILLED VINAGO. 
Yinago ntulirostris, Swains. 
Head, neck, and body beneath, yellowish-green ; bill thick, 
red, and very naked at the base ; nostrils placed in the 
middle ; shoulders vinaceous ; under tail-covers cinnamon ; 
interscapulars cinereous. 
Columba Abyssiniea, fern. ? A uctorum. — Le Columba a epau- 
lcttos Violettcs, fem. ? Ois. d'Af 6. 277. 
Having already stated our reasons for considering 
this as a distinct species, we need only describe its 
plumage. The size of 
the bird is smaller, but 
the bill is much larger 
than in the supposed 
male ; the nostrils are 
placed in the middle, 
so that the soft part of 
thebill, orthatin which 
the nostrils are placed, 
is longer than the hard 
or terminal portion ; the base of the bill is also much 
broader than it is high, so that, for a pigeon, it 
might be called a depressed bill ; this part is covered 
by a skin and is of a bright red, even in the preserved 
specimens. 
