MASKED PIGEON. 6l 



black : the quill-feathers are of a very singular 

 construction, being curved, for about three-fourths 

 of their length, in the shape of a sabre, towards 

 their extremities describing an inverted parabola ; 

 they are likewise divided into two parts towards 

 their extremities ; the interior webs being pro- 

 longed in the form of a rounded point, and the 

 exterior ones being terminated in a sharp point. 

 Found in the Sandwich islands. 



The whole of the plumage of these birds has a 

 rich velvety appearance. 



MASKED PIGEON. 



(Columba larva ta.) 



Co. Jade alba, collo, cervice pectoreque violaccis, viridi aureo 

 variantibuSf alls dorsoquejuscis, abdomine rufo, 



Pigeon with a white face ; the neck, cervix, and breast viola- 

 ceous, varied with green-gold 5 the wings and back brown : 

 the abdomen rufous. 



Columba larvata. Tcmm. Pig. Ind. p. 471. 



Colombe a masque blanc. Le Vaill. Ou. D'Afriq. v. 6. pi. 269. 

 Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 266. 



DISCOVERED by Le Vaillant, and by him de- 

 scribed in his splendid work on the African birds : 

 it is well discriminated by a white mark that covers 

 the forehead : the cheeks and the throat, as well 

 as the whole of the neck, the breast, the shoulders, 



