16 COLLARED PIGEON. 



Columba armillaris. Temm. Pig. Ind. 44"?. 



Columba Picator. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. lix. 2. 



Colombe grive!16e. Temm. Pig. pi. enl. 6. Id. edit. 8vo. p. 97. 



Pied Pigeon. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 268. 5. 



Var. (5. viridi-nigricam, subtus albA maculis nigris, vcrtice cinereo, 

 pone oculos macula triquetra rubra. 



Dusky green, beneath white, with black spots 5 the vertex cine- 

 reous ; behind the eyes a triangular red spot. 



Columba armillaris. /S. Temm. Pig. Ind. 447. 



Columba melanoleuca. Lath. Ind. Orn. Sup. lix. 1. 



Colombe Goad-gaug. Temm. Pig. edit. 8vo. p. 36Q. 



White-faced Pigeon. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 268. 4. 



THE Collared Pigeon is a native of New Hol- 

 land ; its length is about fifteen inches and a half: 

 the membrane at the base of the beak is of a rose- 

 colour : the principal colour of the upper parts of 

 the plumage, and the back of the neck, is of a 

 dark blue, and the same colour extends on both 

 sides of the neck to the breast : the forehead and 

 the throat are of a whitish grey : a kind of gorget 

 ornaments the sides of the neck, from the ears to 

 the breast: it is of a pure white below, except 

 that the sides of the body and near the vent are 

 spotted with black : the greater quills are of a 

 dull blue ; the whole of the outer webs margined 

 with brownish red: the four lateral tail-feathers 

 are terminated with white. 



The White-faced Pigeon of Latham appears to 

 be only a variety of this species ; it is of the same 

 size, with the face and sides of the head white, 

 with a triangular patch of black before each eye, 

 and a spot of crimson behind : the crown of the 

 head and occiput pale ash : the rest of the neck 



