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Total length, 16 in. ; wing, 9 in. ; tail, 5 in.; bill, O'S in. ; tarsus, 

 1-2 in. 



Hab.: 1,2. 



GENUS LOPHOL^EMUS. Head crested. 



543. L. antarcticilS, Shaw, Topknot Pigeon. 



Adult. General plumage grey, darker above than below ; frontal 

 crest grey, occipital crest rust-red ; from eye to occiput a line of 

 black meeting behind is continued down back of neck ; feathers of 

 chin elongated ; feathers of neck and breast hackled ; quills black ; 

 inner secondaries grey ; tail black, crossed by grey band ; iris fiery 

 orange. 



Total length, 15 in. ; wing, 10*4 in. ; tail, 6 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, (5;, 6. 



FAMILY COLUMBID./E. 



Tail with twelve feathers ; hind toe with the skin prominently expanded on 



the sides. 



SUB-FAMILY COLUMBINE. 



Tail not longer than the wings. 



GENUS COLUMBA. First primary much longer than the sixth. 



544. C. leilCOinela, Temin. (Carpophaga norfolciensis, Lath.), White- 



headed Fruit-Pigeon. 



Head, neck, breast, and abdomen white, washed with buff ; throat 

 white ; all upper surface, wings, and tail slaty -black ; all feathers 

 of back, rump, and lower wing coverts edged with purple ; under 

 tail coverts light slate colour ; abdomen tinged with salmon-buff. 



Total length, 16 in. ; wing, 9 '3 in. ; tail, 6 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3. 



SUB-FAMILY MACROPYGIIN^E. 

 Tail broad, and longer than the wings. 



GENUS MACROPYGI A. Tail graduated ; outer feathers less than half 

 the length of longest. 



545. M. phasianella, Temm., Large-tailed Pigeon. 



General colour chestnut-brown ; below cinnamon-rufous ; occiput 

 and hind head metallic amethyst, with green reflections ; a slightly 

 vinous tinge on the crop region, where are faint bars ; quills brown ; 

 under wing coverts, axillaries, and inner margin of primaries rufous- 

 cinnamon ; tail rufous-brown, with black band across outer feathers; 

 iris blue, with outer ring of scarlet. 



Total length, 17 in. ; wing, 7 '5 to 7 '9 in. ; tail, 8 '5 to 9 in. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



FAMILY PERISTERLD^E : GROUND PIGEONS. 

 Tail from twelve to twenty feathers. 



SUB-FAMILY GEOPELIIN.E. 



Tail twelve or fourteen feathers. 



GENUS GEOPELI A. First primary attenuated at the tip. 



546. G. humeral is, Temm., Barred-shouldered Dove. 



Head and breast delicate grey ; abdomen white ; nape rufous. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8. 



