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SUPERB PIGEON. 

 (Columba superba.) 



Co. viridu, capitc purpureo, cervice subrubicundd, collo cano, alee 

 spuriac cingulo cccruleis, maculis ovatis ex ccerulcscente nigris in 

 tectricibus alarum, abdomine tectricibusque subcauda albis. 



Green Pigeon, with the head purple, the top reddish, the neck 

 hoary, the spurious wing with a blue stripe, the wing-co- 

 verts with ovate blue-black spots, the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts white. 



Columba superba. Temnt. Pig. Ind. 474. 



Colombe Poukiobou. Temm. Pig. (8t?o.) p. 277. 



NINE inches and a half in length : the head is 

 adorned with a violet cap : the occiput and the 

 cheeks are of a delicate green : the nape is of 

 a reddish-brown : the shoulders, the back, the 

 greater and middle wing-coverts are of a brilliant 

 green, shaded with olivaceous tints : the wing- 

 coverts are adorned with ovate blue-black spots 

 towards their extremities : the bastard wing is of 

 a violet-blue : the secondary quills are black on 

 their interior webs, and of a deep green without ; 

 the whole of the feathers, as well as the coverts, 

 are slightly edged with yellowish : the quills are 

 blackish, bordered with yellowish-white : the tail 

 is composed of sixteen feathers, and is of an olive- 

 green at its origin, a beautiful green in the centre, 

 and tipped with white, shaded with greenish ; the 

 three lateral feathers on each side are black ; the 

 others are the same on their inner webs : the 



