HACKLED PIGEON. 3 



round the eyes scarlet ; the rump and tail red ; the feathers 

 of the neck narrow, elongated at their tips and acuminated. 



Columba Franciae. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 779. Lath. Ind. Om. 

 2. 604. 42. Temm. Pig. Ind. 463. 



Le Pigeon Hollandois. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. 175. 1. 101. 



Colombe herissee. Temm. Pig. (8uo.) p. 228. 



Hackled Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4.641. 36. 



THIS magnificent Pigeon is distinguished from 

 all the other birds of the Columbine order by its 

 singular form of the feathers on the neck, head, 

 and breast, which are long and narrow, terminating 

 in a point ; their extremity is hard, of a cartila- 

 ginous appearance and shining, somewhat resem- 

 bling the appendices to the wings of the Ampelis 

 Garrulus, or the large polished feathers on the neck 

 of the Gallus Indicus. The total length of this 

 bird is between twelve and thirteen inches : the beak 

 is reddish at the base and yellowish towards the 

 tip : on the cheeks, surrounding the eyes, is a red- 

 dish flesh-coloured and almost naked space, which 

 reaches below the orifice of the ears, and is covered 

 with a soft down : the wings reach to the middle 

 of the tail, and the tarsi are covered with feathers 

 to the origin of the toes : the head, neck, and 

 breast are of a whitish-grey ; the rest of the body, 

 the wings, and the upper part of the tail, are of a 

 fine deep violet-blue : the greater quills are also 

 of this colour on their outer webs, but on their 

 inner they are dusky. The tail beneath is of a 

 rich lively rufous crimson ; the shafts of the fea- 

 thers in the centre are of a deep blue ; as are the 

 lateral feathers on their webs : the eyes are reddish : 



