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edged with buff-orange ; quills brownish-black ; two middle 
tail feathers clove-brown, the others tipped with white ; a naked 
purplish red spot behind the eyes. Eleven inches long. Inha¬ 
bits Europe. 
Columba livia. — The Fan-Tail Pigeon. — Plate LII. fig. 9. 
—A domesticated variety of this species. 
The Carrie a Pigeon. — Plate LII. fig. 11.—-Another varie¬ 
ty of the livia. 
Columba Jumbos. —The Jamboo Pigeon. 
Plate LII. fig. 8. 
Upper part and sides of the head, deep and brilliant red ; 
the whole upper surface of the body, wings, and tail, bright 
green; throat deep brown ; under surface white, with a rose- 
coloured spot on the breast; legs dark red ; irides reddish hazel; 
bill yellowish. Nine inches and a half long. Inhabits Java 
and Sumatra. 
Genus 2.—LOPHYRUS.— Vieillot. 
Generic Character .—Bill straight, rather thin, and swelling a 
little at the point; the upper mandible with a furrow, and bent 
at the tip; the lower mandible with a groove, short, swelling 
at the point, and somewhat bent upwards; nostrils small, orbi¬ 
cular, and situated in the groove ; tarsus long, robust, covered 
with round scales ; anterior toes united at the base by a small 
membrane ; tail with twelve feathers. 
Lophyrus coronatus. — The Crowned Pigeon. 
Plate LII. fig. 10. 
Clear bluish-gray; shoulders rust coloured; greater wing 
coverts with a white bar; ophthalmic region black; head sur¬ 
mounted by a large upright crest of thinly webbed feathers ; 
bill black ; legs and feet gray. Size of a turkey. Inhabits 
India. 
ORDER X.—GALLINiR. 
Bill strong, short, convex, and in some genera it is partly 
covered by a cere ; upper mandible bending from its base, or only 
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