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ZENAIDA DOVE. 
guisliable ; the sides of the neck before the bend of the wing’ 
exhibit splendid golden violaceous reflections, slightly passing 
into greenish in different lights ; the scapulars are spotted with 
black, the spots being large and roundish ; the exterior wing- 
coverts, spurious wing and quill feathers, are blackish ; the 
primaries are edged with white externally, and, with the ex- 
ception of the outer ones, at tip also ; the secondaries are 
broadly terminated with white ; the chin is yellowish white ; 
the whole inferior surface is bright vinaceous, paler on the 
throat, and gradually passing into richer on the belly ; the 
flanks and under wing-coverts are delicate lilac, and the under 
tail-coverts are mixed with the same colour, some of the long- 
est being entirely lilac, which is also found at the base of the 
plumage on the belly and rump ; the wings are six inches and 
a quarter long, reaching within one inch of the tip of the tail ; 
the primaries are entire on both vanes ; the first is longer than 
the fourth, the second longest, though scarcely longer than the 
third ; the tail is four and a half inches long, composed of 
twelve broad, full, rounded feathers, extending but one inch 
beyond their coverts ; it is nearly even, and of the colour of 
the body, with a broad black band at two-thirds of its length, 
obsolete on the two middle feathers, (which are of the colour 
of the body,) purer on the three exterior ; the lateral feathers 
are pearl grey for half an inch towards the tip, the outer plume 
being moreover of that colour on the outer vane ; all the tail- 
feathers are blackish on the inferior surface to within three 
quarters of an inch of their tips. The feet are red ; the nails 
blackish ; the tarsus measures three quarters of an inch in 
length. 
The female is very similar to the male in size and colour ; 
the head, however, is but slightly tinged with vinaceous, the 
golden violet reflections of the neck are not quite so vivid, and 
the inferior surface of a paler vinaceous, but graduated as in 
the male. The lateral tail-feathers are also much more uniform 
with the middle one, and of course with the back, the three 
