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GENUS PHAPS, SELBY, 



Is characterized by a bill of moderate length, ra- 

 ther slender, the upper mandible gently deflected at 

 the tip, arid shewing an indication of a notch or 

 emargination. Wings of mean length, the second 

 and third feathers the longest, and nearly equal. 

 Tail slightly rounded. Legs, the tarsi as long as the 

 middle toe, the front covered with a double row of 

 scales, the sides and hinder part reticulated with 

 small hexagonal scales. The hind toe or hallux 

 short ; the inner toe exceeding the outer in length. 

 Claws blunt, and slightly arched. Type Columba 

 chalcoptera, Lath. To this group the Columba ele- 

 gans of Temminck and Columba picata cf Wagler 

 belong. 



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