228 CROWNED GOURA PIGEON. 



and smaller wing-coverts, have the feathers blaek at 

 the base, the tips terminated with rich purplish - 

 brown. The greater coverts are of the same colour, 

 but with a broad central bar of white, which forms a 

 conspicuous transverse band across the closed wings. 

 The quills and tail are of a deep grey, the latter ha- 

 ving all the feathers terminated with greyish-blue. 

 The legs are grey ; the tarsi, three inches and a quar- 

 ter in length, are covered with rounded scales not 

 closely set, but shewing a whitish margin of bare 

 skin around each. The toes are strong and rather 

 short, the scales disposed as in the Typical Pigeons. 



