THE 
CRIMSON PIGEON. 
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Generic Character. 
Bill strait, descending towards the tip. 
Nostrils oblong, half covered by a soft tumid 
membrane. 
Tongue entire. 
Specific Character , &c. 
Sanguine rose-coloured PIGEON, with orange 
cere ; crown, orbits, and tips of the smal¬ 
ler coverts white; wing-feathers and tail 
brown. 
Miller s Plates of Nat. Hist. pi. 59. 
This most beautiful bird is a native of India? In 
size it is nearly equal to a common domestic pigeon. 
It seems to have been first figured in Mr. Miller’s 
splendid plates of Natural History. 
