P I G E O N .
J^ ENG TH thirteen inches and a half. The bill black; noftrils
gibbous : the head and neck of a very light afii-colour: chin
nearly white : the upper parts of the body brown, with a glofs
of graen : the bread reddilh buff, with a vinaceous tinge : the
belly ath-colour, verging to brown down the middle: vent, and
under tail coverts, deep ferruginous: the quills dark brown, with
greenifh brown edges: the tail is five inches in length, and
black, with a greenilh glofs : the legs are red; in fome fpe-
cimens brown or.dulky.
Inhabits the Friendly IJles in the South Seas.
X,e Pigeon du Mexique, Brif. orn. i. p. 99. N° 10.— Buf. oif. ix. p. jzj.- ;
•Cehoilotl, Raii Syn. p. 63. N° 14.
AL.L that we find related of this bird is, that the eyes are
furrounded with crimfon : the irides black: the whole
plumage is brown, except the bread and tips of the wings, which
are white : the legs red.
Inhabits Mexico.
Le Pigeon fauvage du Mexique, Brif. orn. i. p. ioo. N° 11 .-—B if. oif. ii.
p. 525.
Hoilotl, Rail Syn, p. 63. N° 12.
C I Z E of the fird fpecies. The bill black : the head, neck,
and upper parts, brown fpotted with black : bread, belly, and
thighs, pale fulvous : under tail coverts, and under the wings,
cinereous: quills and tail brown : legs red.
Von. II. 4 M
633 24.
FERRUGINOUS
VENTED
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MEXICAN P.
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