ttle Green-Pigeon). 



342 

 349 

 343 



344 

 346 



26 Campbell, DicJiotomous Key. 



336. Head crested . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 



Head not crested . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 



337. Length 15 inches. Lopholcemns antarcticiis (Topknot Pigeon). 

 Length less than 13 inches. . . . . . . . . 338 



338. Brown or rufous in colour ; tail short. Lophophaps. 339 

 Grey in colour ; tail long. Ocyphaps lophotes (Crested Pigeon). 



339. Plumage cinnamon colour ; thin bands across chest . . . . 340 

 Plumage rich brown ; chest chestnut ; abdomen light buff. 



L. pliimijera (Plumed-Pigeon). 



340. Centre of abdomen white. 



L. leiicogaster (White-bellied Plumed-Pigeon). 



Centre of abdomen like chest, but separated by thin bands of black 



and grey. L. jerriiginea (Red Plumed-Pigeon). 



341. Metallic colour-patch on wing 

 No shining patch on wing 



342. Wing coverts not shining golden green 

 Wing coverts all shining golden green. 



Chalcophaps chrysochlora (L 



343. Wing more than 6 inches long 

 Wing 6 inches and less 



344. Plumage mottled and patched ; forehead yellowish (male), whitish 



(female). Phaps. 345 



Uniform rufous above and blue-grey below (forehead white only in 

 male). Histriophaps histrionica (Flock-Pigeon). 



345. Throat whitish ; breast brownish ; wing 8 inches. 



P. chalcoptera (Bronze- wing). 

 Throat chestnut : breast grey ; wing 6.5 inches. 



P. elegans (Brush Bronze-wing). 



346. Primary feathers of wing more than i inch longer than secondaries. 



Petrophassa. 347. 

 Primary feathers of wing less than i inch longer than secondaries. 



Geophaps. 348 



347. Throat all whitish. P. nifipennis (Chestnut-quilled Pigeon). 

 Throat black, with feathers tipped white. 



P. albipennis (Rock-Pigeon). 



348. Lores and eyebrows black, also black line under eyes ; wing 6 inches. 



G. scripta (Partridge-Pigeon). 

 Lores and eyebrows white ; wing 5.3 inches. 



G. smithi (Naked-eyed Partridge-Pigeon). 



349. Total length 14 inches or over . . . . . . . . 350 



Total length less than 12 inches . . . . . . . . 355 



350. Colour dark grey and white or all rufous-brown . . . . 351 

 Colour black and white; or green, purple, and yellow . . . . 352 



351. Plumage dark grey and white ; wing 8.5 inches. 



Leiicosarcia picata (Wonga-Wonga Pigeon). 

 Plumage all rufous-brown, with large tail. 



Macropygia phasianella (Pheasant-tailed Pigeon). 



352. Plumage black and white . . . . . . . . . . 353 



Plumage green, purple, and yellow. Ptilopus (2). 354 



353. Plumage mostly white with black wing-patches. 



Myristicivora spilorrhoa (Nutmeg-Pigeon). 



