90 GREAT CROWNED PIGEON. 



in a point near the hinder part of the head. 

 The head is adorned with a remarkably hand- 

 some crest of a pale blue, or ash colour, similar 

 to that of the lightest parts of the Common 

 Pigeon, and composed of a number of fine fea- 

 thers, with slender shafts and fine webs, which 

 are usually elevated. The bill is black ; and 

 the end of the upper mandible overhangs the 

 point of the lower. The legs and feet are of 

 a whitish colour, spotted with red. This splen- 

 did bird is a native of the East India Islands : 

 it coos, and has the peculiar actions and man- 

 ners of other pigeons. 



