CONTENTS 



MEMOIR OF PLINY, 17 



Natural History of Gallinaceous Birds, . . 83 



Columbidse or Pigeons. 



Genus VINAGO, 92 



Aromatic Vinago. 



Vinago aromatica. Plate 1 95 



Sharp-Tailed Vinago. 



Vinago oxyura. Plate II 98 



Genus PTILINOPUS, 100 



Purple-Crowned Turteline. 



Ptilinopus purpuratus. Plate III. . . 103 

 Blue-capped Turteline. 



Ptilinopus monachus. Plate IV. . . . 107 

 Blue and Green Turteline. 



Ptilinopus cyano-virens. Plate V. . . 109 



Genus CARPOPHAGA. 112 



Magnificent Fruit-Pigeon. 



Carpophaga magnified. Plate VI. . . 115 

 Oceanic Fruit-Pigeon. 



Carpophaga oceanica. Plate VII. 117 



