no OSBECK'S VOYA G £, 



The fize is that of a common dove : it has 

 very fine black and white down on its body : 

 the bill is black, narrow, conical, and fhort : 

 the upper jaw is pointed, bent, and gibbous 

 in the middle near the noftrils. About the 

 nojlrils are elevated lines running lengthways, 

 but not parallel : the lower jaw is ftreight, 

 flat, fomewhat elevated on the # point, not 

 very fliarp-pointed, compreffed, and has par- 

 allel incifions towards the point ; below cover- 

 ed with a fkin of a dirty black colour: the 

 Jkin within the bill is whitifh : the teeth are 

 foliated, and (land crofs-ways: the tongue \z 

 whitifh, fmooth, lacerated near the bafis, 

 broad, truncated at its extremity, and fits the 

 bill exaclly : the epiglottis is furcated : the 

 body below is quite white. The head and all 

 about the eyes is covered : the upper part of 

 the neck is black, as is likewife the fore part 

 of the back ; becaufe the feathers are grey, 

 with black tips : the hindmofl part of the 

 back is black, fpottcd with white, and the 

 feathers are white with black extremities : the 

 under part of the neck is commonly white, 

 but fometimes a little blackifh, when the fea- 

 thers have black tips. This is perhaps a differ- 

 ence of fex. The wings are long; below" 



white, 



