AVES. 5G7 



base of the upper inaudible covered with a soft hifiated skin ; nostrils longi- 

 tadinal, situated in the middle of the membrane ; feet with three toes before, 

 free, the hallux articulated on the heel ; wings of medium length, the second 

 quill being the longest. 



Columba palumbus. — The Ring Dove. Plate xxxviii. fig. 6. Described, vol. 

 iii. p. 207. 



Columba turtur.—The Turtle Dove. Plate Iii. fig. 7. Head, neck, breast, 

 and back, light woi d brown, tinged with pearl gray ; on each side of the 

 neck is a patch of black feathers, margined with white scapulars and wing- 

 coverts blackish, edged with buft-orange ; quills brownish-black ; two mid- 

 dle tail feathers clove-brown, the others tipped with white ; a naked pur- 

 pUsh red spot behind the eyes. Eleven inches long. Inhabits Europe. 



Columba livia. — The Fan-Tail Pigeon. Plate xxxviii. fig. 9. A domeaticst- 

 ed variety of this species. 



The Carrier Pigeon. Plate xxxviii. fig. 11. Another variety of the livia. 

 Described, vol. iii. p. 210. 



Columba Jambot. — The Jam boo Pigeon. Plate Iii. fig. 8. Upper part and 

 sides of the head, deep and brilliant red ; the whole upper surface of the 

 body, wings, and tail, bright green ; throat deep brown ; under surface 

 white, with a rose-coloured spot ou the breast ; legs dark red ; irides 

 reddish hazel ; bill yellowish. Nine inches and a half long. Inhabits Java 

 and Siunatra. 



Genus 2.—LOVnYKV^.— VieHlot. 



Generic Character. — Bill straight, rather thin, and swelling a little at the 

 point ; the upper mandible with a furrow, and bent at the tip ; the lower 

 mandible with a groove, short, swelling at the point, and somewhat bent 

 upwards ; nostrils small, orbicular, and situated in the groove ; tarsus long, 

 robust, covered with round scales ; anterior toes united at the base by a 

 small membrane ; tail with twelve feathers. 



Lophyruscoronatus. — The Crowned Pigeon. Plate xxxviii. fig. 10. Clear 

 bluish.gray ; shoulders rust coloured ; greater wing coverts \viih a white 

 bar ; ophthalmic region black ; head surmounted by a large upright crest of 

 thinly webbed feathers ; bill black ; legs and feet gray. Size of a turkey. 

 Inhabits India. 



ORDER X.— GALLINxE. 



Bill strong, short, convex, and in some genera it is partly covered by a 

 cere ; upper mandible bending from its base, or only tuwards the tip and 

 projecting over the point of the lower one ; nostrils basal and lateral, pierc- 

 ed in a membranaceous space, and protected by a cartilaginous scale, naked 

 in some and feathered in others ; wings generally short and concave ; tail 

 consisting of from ten to eighteen feathers ; tarsus long ; feet with three 

 toes before and one behind, united at the base by a membrane ; the hallux 

 articulated upon the tarsus, above the junction of the anterior toes. 



Genus 1. — PAVO. — Linnceut. 

 Generic Character.— BiW without a cere, convex above, tiiickencd and 



