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GREY-HEADED PIGEON. 

 (Columba Javanica.) 



Co. viridis capite ceeruho-albo, collo pectoreqve vinaceo-rubris, 



abdomine obscuriore, remigibus rectricibusque cteruleo-nigri- 



cantibus. 

 Green Pigeon, with the head of a blue white, the neck and 



breast of a vinaceous red, the abdomen obscure, the quills 



and tail-feathers of a dusky blue. 

 Columba Javanica. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 610. 60. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 781. 55. Temm. Pig. Ind. 46S. 

 Columba albicapilla. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 755. 8. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 597. 11. 

 Columba I ndica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 785. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 



284. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 598. 16. 

 Columba cseruleocephala. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 6lO. 6|. 

 Colombe aganocephala. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 781. 56. 

 Columba Turvert. Buff. Ois. 2. 556. Bvf. PI. Enl. 177. 



Temm. Pig. (Qvo.J p. 252. 

 Le Pigeon vert & tete gris d'Antigue. Sonner. Voy. Ind. p. 1 12. 



pi. 66. 



Le Pigeon ramier d'Amboine. Briss. Orn. 1. 150. pi. 15. f. 1. 

 Green-winged Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 625. 14. Lath. Syn. 



Sup. 198. Edwards, pi. 14. 

 Javan Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 654. 51. 

 Blue-crowned Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 655. 52. 

 Grey-headed Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 623. 11. 



THE Grey-headed Pigeon is about the size of 

 the Turtle Dove : its length is ten inches : the 

 fore part of the head is white, with a fillet of that 

 colour passing through the eyes ; the top of the 

 head bluish ; the sides, neck, and breast reddish : 

 that of the hind part of the neck darkest : the 



