GREY PIGEON. 



to vary, having been found entirely white; and 

 also with the plumage varied with grey and black ; 

 the last most probably are only young birds : it is 

 found in many of the islands of the Pacific ocean. 



GREY PIGEON. 



(Columba Corensis.) 



Co. corpore supra et subtus griseo fu&co, capite, collo, gulu, ptc- 

 torequc purpureo-vinaceis, pennis colli infcrioribus variante luce, 

 quasi squamosit, remigibus rectricibusque griseofuscis. 



Pigeon, with the body above and beneath grey-brown : the 

 head, neck, throat and breast purplish-red : the inferior 

 feathers of the neck varying with the light, and as if scaled ; 

 quills and tail-feathers of a grey-brown. 



Columba Corensis. Jacq. Eeyt. p. 31. No. 35. Gmel. Sytt. 

 Nat. 1. 783. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 605. 46.Temm. Pig. 2nd. 

 461. 



Colombe a nuque ecaille'e. Temm. Pig. (8o.) p. 21 J. 



Grey Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. 1. 201. 60. A. 



FOURTEEN inches and a half in length : the 

 under parts of the body, the back, and the greater 

 and middle wing-coverts are of a grey- brown : the 

 fore part of the neck and the breast are of a pur- 

 plish-red tinge ; which colour is expanded over 

 the head : the nape is adorned with rich scale-like 

 feathers, varying according to the position of the 

 light to violet, purple and green, with a hue of 

 chesnut ; there is also a stripe of this colour on 



