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distance, and readily eludes pursuit by pitching suddenly to 

 the ground, and remaining so quiet that it can rarely be dis- 

 covered. 



I never met with its nest, nor could I obtain, either from 

 the natives or settlers, any particulars respecting its nidifica- 

 tion. 



The sexes differ considerably in colour, and the female is 

 somewhat smaller than the male. 



The male has the crown of the head, face and all the under 

 surface deep vinaceous ; nape and back of the neck dark grey; 

 edge of the shoulder snow-white ; centre of the back, wing- 

 coverts and outer webs of the tertiaries shining greenish cop- 

 per-colour ; rump and upper tail-coverts slaty-black, crossed 

 by three indistinct bands of grey ; primaries and secondaries 

 brown, largely margined with ferruginous on the base of their 

 inner webs ; tail black, except the two outer feathers on 

 each side, which are light grey, crossed by a broad band of 

 black near the tip ; under tail-coverts black ; apical half of 

 the bill blood-red, basal half plum-colour ; feet dull reddish 

 plum-colour ; orbits dark grey ; eyelash lilac-red ; irides lila- 

 ceous lead-colour. 



The female has the head and neck dark cinnamon -brown, 

 approaching to chocolate ; the wing-coverts much more green 

 than in the male ; face and all the under surface cinnamon- 

 brown, with merely a wash on the breast of the vinaceous 

 tint ; upper tail-coverts brown ; four centre tail-feathers 

 brown ; the two next on each side chestnut-brown, and the 

 outer one on each side grey; all but the four middle ones 

 crossed near the tip with a broad band of black ; and the soft 

 parts similar, but less brilliant than in the male. 



Sp. 460. CHALCOPHAPS LONGIROSTRIS, Co^/^. /— 



Long-billed Green Pigeon. 



As the bird of this form inhabiting the country in the neigh- 



