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very stout bill and long graduated rectrices Reinwardtoenas rein- 
wardti, ranging from Celebes to Papuasia, and &. brownz, of the 
Duke of York Island and New Britain. In the two last-named the 
head is grey, the under parts are white, and the naked orbits red, 
the former having the back chestnut, the latter black. Closely 
allied are the two dozen Pheasant-like members of Macropygia, 
with elongated wedge-shaped tails, from the Indian and Australian 
Regions, which have rich chestnut, purphsh-brown, or cinnamon 
plumage, with darker shading and iridescent sheen, chiefly con- 
fined to the upper surface. The head is usually lighter, the under 
parts are often buff or vinaceous, and the irides parti-coloured ; the 
naked orbits vary in tint. Inhabiting bushy country or hills up to 
about eight thousand feet, they fly but short distances, feeding upon 
the ground on seeds and berries, and uttering a loud monotonous 
note. JZ tusalia, the Cuckoo-Dove, occurs from North India to 
West China; JZ leptogrammica inhabits the Malay Countries ; 
several other species carry the range to the Moluccas ; JZ. tenui- 
rostris occupies the Philippine and Sulu Islands; JZ phasianella 
the eastern half of Austraha; JZ doreya and so forth New Guinea 
and its islands; JZ rufa the New Hebrides; JZ rufo-castanea the 
Solomons. The two last-named have bifurcated breast-feathers. 
Turacoena menadensis, of Celebes, the Togian and Sula Islands, 
is slate-black with golden-green occiput, neck, and breast, white 
face and throat, and naked red orbits; 7. modesta, of Timor, has 
the orbits yellow, and lacks the white. Zurturoena deleqorgii, of 
Natal, is slaty-black, with a chestnut mantle surmounted by a 
white band, lilac and green reflexions on the occiput, neck, and 
chest, vinous under parts, and bare pink orbits. The female is 
brownish-grey, having a cinnamon head and nape glossed with 
green, but no white collar. 7. sharpii, of Kast Equatorial Africa, 
differs in its green crown and nuchal region ; 7. iriditorques, found 
from the Gaboon to Liberia, lacks the white band, and has the 
lateral rectrices tipped with buff; Nesoenas mayeri, of Mauritius, 
is reddish-brown, with pink head, neck, and lower surface. 
The cosmopolitan genus Columba contains nearly sixty 
members, of which comparatively few inhabit the Palaearctic 
and Nearctic Regions; the general coloration is blue, relieved by 
black and rufous, or a metallic red and green sheen. Want of space 
forbids a description of every form, and the following are in no 
definite order: but C. palumbus, C. laurivora, C. bollii, C. trocaz, 
