SEA PIGEON. 



(Columba littoralis.) 



Co. corpora albo, remigibus primoribus caudaque ad apicem nigris. 

 Pigeon, with a white body, the primary quills and tail towards 



the apex black. 



Columba littoralis. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 448. 

 Columba alba. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. p. 780. Lath. Ind. Om. 2. 



602. p. 34. 

 Le Pigeon blanc mangeur de muscade. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 169. 



pi. 103. 

 Colom be marine. Temm. Pig.Jam.second.pl. J. Id. tdit. Qvo. 



P-99- 



White Nutmeg Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 638. 31. 

 Var. ft. remigibus caudaque toto albis. 

 With the quills and tail entirely white. 

 Columba littoralis var. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 448. 



LENGTH thirteen inches : the whole of the 

 plumage is of a pure white, with the exception 

 of the greater wing quills, which are wholly black ; 

 the smaller quills at their extremities are also 

 black for three-fourths of their length, and the 

 tips of the tail-feathers are likewise of that colour : 

 the feet and beak are of a livid hue ; as is a naked 

 space round the eyes, which are yellow. It some- 

 times occurs entirely white. 



It occurs in abundance in New Guinea and 

 Java ; by the natives of the latter, it is distin- 



