238 BROWN-BACKED PERISTERA. OCEANIC FRUIT PIGEON. 



THE BROWN-BACKED PERISTERA. 



TH BROWN-BACKID PEW8TERA. 



This species is a native 

 of Southern Africa, where 

 it is said to frequent 

 woods ; but little appears 

 to be known respecting 

 it. The plumage above 

 is brown, slightly tinged 

 with grey on the neck ; 

 three or four of the 

 greater wing-coverts 

 have large spots of 

 shining green ; forehead, 

 a streak over each eye, 

 and all the under parts 

 white ; middle tail- 

 feathers brown, the two 

 exterior on each side 

 grey, with a broad black 

 bar ; under surface of 

 wings and sides pale 

 orange-brown ; under 

 tail-coverts brown ; bill 

 and legs grey, the latter 

 tinged with red ; length 

 nine inches. 



THE OCEANIC FRUIT PIGEON. 



The Oceanic Fruit Pigeon is 

 fourteen inches in length, includ- 

 ing the tail, which measures five ; 

 the bill, an inch long, is black, 

 strong, and surmounted at its base 

 by a rounded very black caruncle ; 

 the feet are very strong and of a 

 bright orange color; the tarsi are 

 feathered nearly down to the toes, 

 which have a well developed bor- 

 der ; the wings are pointed and 

 only one inch shorter than the 

 tail, which is almost rectilinear. 

 The lower part of the belly, the 

 vent, the thighs, and the lowei 

 tail-coverts, are a deep ferruginous 

 red : the tail-feathers on the under 

 side are a bright reddish-green. 



SHE OrEAiMU FRUIT PIGSON. 



