BRONZE-WINGED PIGEON. 17 



dusky : upper part of the body and wings pale 

 green : some of the inner quills ferruginous : under 

 parts from the breast white : sides of the latter 

 black, and of the body spotted with that colour : 

 called Goad-gang by the natives of New Holland. 



BRONZE-WINGED PIGEON. 



(Columba chalcoptera.) 



Co.fusco-cinerea ritfo-marginata,Jronte gulaque albis, fascia ala- 

 rum cuprfo-avred bifidd, rectricum ad apicem nigrd. 



Grey-brown Pigeon, with rufous margins ; the forehead and 

 throat white ; a bifid golden-copper fascia on the wing ; and 

 the tips of the tail-feathers black. 



Columba chalcoptera. Lith. Ind. Orn. 2. 604.39- Temm. Pig. 

 Ind. 44S. 



Colombe Lumachelle. Temm. Pig.fam. seconde. pi. enl. 8. Id. 

 edit. Qvo. 103. 



Bronze- winged Pigeon. Phill. Bot. Bay, p. 1 62. White's Jour- 

 nal, p. 146. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 266. 1. 



THE male of this species measures fifteen inches 

 and a half in length : its forehead is of a pure 

 white, with slight tinges of rose ; this colour be- 

 comes violaceous as it approaches the occiput, and 

 forms a dark stripe through the eyes : the nostrils 

 are covered with small white feathers : the pre- 

 vailing colour of the plumage is of an ashy-brown, 

 each feather bordered with a yellow line : the 

 greater wing-coverts have a brilliant spot towards 



v. xi. P. i. a 



