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COLUMBA ZENAIDA. 
paler on the sides of the head and neck ; under t 1 ' 
ears is a small bright rich and deep violaceous sP ff " 
rivalling the amethyst in splendour; and above t 1 "' 
a similar smaller one, not very distinguishable ; ! 
sides of the neck before the bend of the wing exlU"‘ 
splendid golden violaceous reflections, slightly pas*** 
into greenish in different lights ; the scapulars 
spotted with black, the spots being large and roundb.V 
the exterior wing-coverts, spurious wino, and 
feathers, are hlackish ; the primaries are edged 1 , 
white externally, and, with the exception of the o^j 
ones, at tip also; the secondaries an? broadly termin®'y 
with white; the chin is yellowish white; the "'''J, 
inferior surface is bright vinaceous, paler on the 
and gradually passing into richer on the belly; x t 
flanks and under wing-coverts are delicate lilac, and *' 
under tail-coverts are mixed with the same colour, 
of the longest being entirely lilac, which is also fo 1 '?., 
at the base of the plumage on the belly and rump r 
w ings are six inches and a quarter long, reaching « i( ■ 0 
one inch o t the tip of the tail ; the primaries arc 
oil both vanes; the lirst is longer than the fourth,', 
second longest, though scarcely longer than the tbfj 
the tail is four and a half inches long, compose® 
twelve broad, full, rounded feathers, extending hut «!\ 
inch beyond their coverts; it is nearly even and 
colour of the body, with a broad black hand at t" , 
thirds of its length, obsolete on the two middle featl> e « 
(which are of the colour of the body,) purer on 
three exterior ; the lateral feathers are pearl gr ». v ! , 
halt an inch towards the tip, the outer plume '"'S 
moreover of that colour on the outer vane; 
tail-feathers are blackish on the inferior surfeit 
within three quarters of an inch of their tips- ... 
feet are red; the nails blackish; the tar. ns mc»s" ! 
three quarters of an inch in length. ,,,1 
Tile female is very similar to the male in ‘Vjj 
colour; the head, however, is but slightly tinged . 
vinaceous, the golden violet reflections of the neck ‘ t 
not quite so vivid, and the inferior surface of ;1 P* 1 
