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The following is a description of this species, as 

 given by M. Lesson, in his Manuel d'Ornithologie. 

 Total length, fourteen inches. Bill one inch, sur- 

 rounded at its base with a rounded black carruncle 

 or knob. Feet strong, and of a vivid orange colour, 

 the tarsi feathered nearly to the toes, which have 

 their lateral membranes much distended. Wings 

 pointed, and about an inch shorter than the tail. 

 The forehead, cheeks, and throat, are of a greyish- 

 white. The lower and back part of the neck deep 

 bluish-grey. The back, wings, rump, and tail, of a 

 uniform metallic deep green, the breast and upper 

 part of the abdomen of a pale purplish-grey, the 

 lower belly, vent, and thighs, of a deep reddish- 

 browi. 



Beddes the species already mentioned, the Car- 

 pophara hyogastra, Carpophaga pinon, Carpophaga 

 luctuca, and many others belong, to this beautiful 

 group, 



Befre we proceed to the Pigeons, we must here 

 introduce an interesting form, apparently belonging 

 to this division of the Columbidse, the structure of 

 the b// being intermediate between that of Vinago 

 and (alumba, and the feet formed upon the same 

 plan a those of the rest of the Ptilinopinae : It is the 



