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vinder part of 'the tail is grey, tipped with white: 

 all the feathers of the neck are violet at their bases, 

 and towards their extremity grey ; which causes 

 that part to assume various shades according to 

 the light : the breast is adorned with a bluish 

 crescent : the belly and abdomen are white : the 

 sides are green, with white spots : the under tail- 

 coverts are white at their origin, with oblong green 

 spots on their inner webs : the eyes, which are si- 

 tuated in a naked spot, ar ered : the beak is horn- 

 coloured: the feet are reddish. Native of Ota- 

 heite and other of the Society Islands. 



GREEN PIGEON. 

 (Columba viridis.) 



Co. cenea, collo snbtus pttrpureo-violaceo, rectricibus lateralibus 



apice sulphur eis. 

 Brassy Pigeon, with the neck beneath of a purple violet, the 



lateral tail-feathers at the tip sulphureous. 

 Columba viridis. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 283. p. 23. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. }. 780. 23. Lath. Ind. Om.l.GQQ. 58.Temm.Pig. 



Ind. 472. 



Turtur viridis amboinensis. Briss. Orn. ]. 152. 43. t. \5.f. 2. 

 Le Turvert. Buff. Ois. 2. 55. 

 La Tourterelle a gorge pourpree d'Amboine. Buff". PI. Enl. 



142. 



(Oln ml ic a gorge pourpree. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) 374. 

 Green Turtle. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 653. 49. 



V. XI. P. I. 5 



