BAND-TAILED PIGEON. 
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v >Ha ' ! base; the under part of the neck is pale 
ap,J eou s purplish, this colour becoming paler as it 
taii^ohes the vent, which, together with the inferior 
tl h , c, ’ V( 'rts, is white. The anterior portion of the hack, 
prin" 1 ?o' c °verts, and scapulars, are brownish ash; the 
6^. a . ri *s are dark brown, edged with whitish on the 
kiu' 01 ' We bs ; the lower part of the back, the rump, 
a s l, '“fcrts, inferior wing-coverts, and sides, are bluish 
hr,,]’ brighter beneath the wings. The shafts of the 
kpj .fathers and tail-coverts are remarkably robust, 
rather suddenly near the tip. The tail, which 
Vio' sts of twelve feathers, is slightly rounded at tip, 
' a definite blackish baud at two-thirds the length 
t]| e base, visible on both sides; before this band 
tail ; ° Ur >« bluish ash, and behind dirty grayish : the 
yl*. touch lighter on the inferior surface. 
G, n Species is closely allied to Columba caribcea of 
with which Say stated its analogy, and also to 
tlu ''n leucoccphala of Liune. In tact, it possesses 
characters in common with each of these species, 
iti,;- 1 *8 the band on the tail of the former, and an 
cii; lr Cilt ' on of white on the head of the latter. This 
fin. ' U: h'r may iuduce some naturalists to suppose it 
kirj^ung 0 f t i 1( . leucocephalu ; hut by a careful com- 
all doubt will be removed, and it will be 
fl te d to the rank of a distinct, species. 
l<! c oribmn may readily be distinguished from the 
de S || nt species, by its superior size, and by being 
r^j. of the white band on the neck ; by having a 
I’ll* 1 / *’'*1, tipped with yellow, and dark red feet. 
^ e ad eu f occ phala, in the adult state, has the whole 
tin,.,. " hite above ; but as it is destitute of this dis- 
4<1 ? an° n w heu young, acquiring it gradually as it 
W p ° es in a^e, other discriminating characters must 
tvitj^Ployed ;°thc tail is without a band, the bill is red 
a white tip, and the feet are red. 
