PAINTED PIGEON. 95 



Columba brunnea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 603. 38. Temm. Pig. 



Ind. 475. 



Colombo bruvert. Temm. Pig. (8w.) ]) 375. 

 Brown Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. II. 1QJ. 2. 



INHABITS New Zealand. The beak and legs in 

 this species are of a blood-red : the crown, upper 

 part of the neck, back, and wing- coverts, red- 

 brown : breast, fore-part of the neck, and rump, 

 glossy green. 



PAINTED PIGEON. 

 (Columba picturata.) 



Co. capite cano, pennis emarginatis in origine nigris, Jusco albet- 

 cente terminatis in lateribus collo ; dorso tectricibusque alarum 

 purpuratis; pennis caudte lateralibtts nigrescente canis t media 

 nigris alboque terminatis. 



Pigeon with the head hoary, the feathers marginated, and black 

 at their bases, on the sides of the neck ending in brownish- 

 white; the back and wing-coverts purple ; the lateral tail-fea- 

 thers of a dusky grey, the middle black, tipped with white. 



Columba picturata. Temm. Pig. Ind. p. 480. 



Colombo peinte. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 315. 



ELEVEN inches and a quarter in length : the 

 tail is elongated, and somewhat rounded: the 

 head, the throat, and the upper parts of the neck, 

 are of a greyish-ash : the under part of the neck, 



