116 SOUTHERN VJNAGO. 



Paluinbus viridis Madagascar iensis. Briss. Orn. I. 142. 37. 



*. 14. /. 2. 

 Pigeon rainier verd de Madagascar. Bujf. Ois. 2. 540. Buf. 



Pl.Enl. in. 



Colombar Makson. Temm. Pig. (8vo.) p. 43. 

 Madagascar Pigeon. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 611. 35. A. 



LIKE the rest of this genus, this species feeds 

 upon fruits : it is in length twelve inches and a 

 half: the head > the neck, the breast, and the 

 belly are of a bright olive-green : the back and 

 the under coverts of the tail are of a deep green : 

 at the bend of the wing is an epaulette of pur- 

 ple-brown : the greater coverts are tipped with 

 yellow, forming a band of that colour on the 

 wing : the greater quills are black, with a slight 

 border of yellow ; the upper part of the tail is of 

 a deep grey, which colour reaches from its base 

 to about three-fourths of its length ; the extre- 

 mities of the feathers are of a bright grey : the tail 

 below is black at its base, and white at the tip : 

 the feathers on the thighs and tarsi are green : 

 the abdomen is of this latter colour, with oblong 

 pure white spots : the under tail-coverts are red, 

 tipped with white : the base of the beak is covered 

 with a reddish membrane ; its point is of a horny 

 grey : the feet are red, and the claws grey. Native 

 of Madagascar. 



