70 



Total length, 16 iu. ; wing, 9in. ; tail, 5 in.; bill, OS in. ; tarsus, 

 1-2 in. 



Hal..: 1, 2. 



( tan s— LOPHOL.-EMUS.— Head crested. 



643. L, antarctieng, Bhaw, Topknol Pigeon. 



Adult General plumage grey, darker above than below : frontal 

 crest grey, occipital crest rust-red ; from eye t<> occiput a line of 

 black meeting behind a continued down back of neck ; feathers of 

 chin elongated : feathers of neck and breast cackled ; quills black ; 

 inner secundum's irrev : tail black, crossed by grey band; iri.s fiery 

 ..i u 



Total length, 15 in. : wing, 10-4 in. ; tail, 6 in. 

 Hab. : •_•. :;. (5i, 6. 



FAMILY— COLUMBIA E. 



Tail with twelve feathers: hind toe with the skin prominently expanded on 



the sides. 



Sub-family — Columbia i 



Tail not longer than the wings. 



QKNTJ8 — OOLUMBA. — First primary much longer than the sixth. 



544. i\ l«'iiroiiiHa. Temm. (Carpophaga norfolciensis, Lath.), White* 



headed Fruit-Pigeon. 



II. ad, neck, breast, and abdomen white, washed with buff; throat 

 white : all upper surface, wings, and tail slaty-black ; all feathers 

 of back, rump, and lower wing coverts edged with purple. ; under 

 tuil coverts light slate colour ; abdomen tinged with salmon-buff. 



Tot .1 length, 16 in. ; wing, 9:5 in. . tail, 6 in. 

 II .b 2 :■ 



Sub-family — Macropygiinje. 



Tail broad, and longer than the wings. 



Gzxu8— MACROPYGIA. Tail graduated ; outer feathers less than half 

 the length of hu 



545. N. plia>iaii«'lla. Trim.. . Large-tailed I' 



General colour chestnut-brown; below cinnamon-rufous ; occiput 

 and bind head metallic amethyst, with green reflections; a slightly 

 vinous tinge on the < • faint bars; quills brown; 



under wing coverts, axillaries, and inner margin of primaries rufous- 

 cinnamon; tail rufous-brown, with black band across outei feathers; 

 iria blue, with outei i let. 



• d U ngth, 17 in. ; \\ ing, 7*5 to 7*9 in ; tail, 8*5 to 9 in. 

 Bab. : -. 3, i. 



l-A.M I LY PERISTER] DM Ground Pigeons. 

 Tail from twelve to twenty feathers. 



BUB FAMILY— ( rROPBl iim 

 •• ath( i a 



Qnnrs GEOPELIA. First primary attenuated at the tip. 



646. G« Iniiini;ili>. Temm., Barred-shouldered Dove. 



II, ; abdomen white ; nape rufous. 



Sab.: I B, S. 



