Plate CLXVII. Male and Female.
Wings of moderate length, with the third quill longest, the outer webs
of the outer five quills narrowed in the middle; tail rounded. Upper
part brownish-red; upper part of head and hind neck shining with
purplish and light green reflections; sides of the neck
cream-coloured, changing to lilac, with green, blue, and purple tints
behind; back and scapulars also splendent with purplish-red; a broad
band from the lower mandible beneath the eye, and the throat white;
fore neck and breast pale purple, the rest cream-coloured.
_Male_, 11-3/4, 17-1/2.
Key West only during summer. Not rare.
Columba montana, Linn. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 281.
Key-West Pigeon, Columba montana, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p.
382.