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cies figured in the " Planches coloriees," C. monacha, 

 and C. porphyrio, the C. cyano-virens of Lesson also 

 belongs to it. To the other groups, of which C. mag- 

 nifica, Temm., and Columba CEnea, Lath., may be 

 taken as typical examples, we have given provisionally 

 the name of Carpophaga, as indicative 

 of the fruits upon which they subsist. 

 In the genus Ptilinopus, as thus re- 

 stricted, and which, in conjunction with 

 Carpophaga, seems to connect Vi- 

 nago or Thick-hooked-billed Pigeons, 

 with the typical Columbidae, the bill 

 is comparatively slender, the base 

 slightly depressed, and the soft cover- 

 ing of the nostrils riot much arched 

 or swollen ; the tip though hard is little 

 inflated, with a gentle curvature ; the 

 forehead is rather low and depressed, 

 the legs are short but strong, the tarsi 

 clothed with feathers nearly to the divi- 

 sion of the toes ; the feet are calculated 

 for grasping, and are similar in form 

 to those of Vinago, the sides of the 

 toes being enlarged by the extension of 

 the lateral membrane, and the outer 

 longer than the inner one ; the wings 

 are strong and of moderate length, the 

 first quill-feather considerably shorter 

 than the second, and suddenly narrowed 

 towards the tip, a peculiarity also pos- 



