THE MANASOPE PIGEON. WATTLED GROUKfl PIGEON. 239 



THE MANASOPE PIGEON. 



A most elegant bird, is 

 found in the deep forests of 

 New Guinea, and in the 

 neighborhood of the harbor 

 of Dorery. Its head, rump, 

 upper part of the body, 

 wings, and tail, of an agree- 

 able grass green; a large 

 hood of a beautiful indigo- 

 blue covers the occiput ; 

 elongated blue spots occupy 

 she centre of the subular 

 feathers, which are bordered 

 with a straight yellow line. 

 The throat to half-way down 

 the neck is ash grey; the 

 breast is greyish -green. 



THE WATTLED GROUND PIGEON. 



The wattled ground 

 Pigeon is a native of 

 'ik>uth Africa. Its nest 

 is composed of twigs and 

 I he dried stems of grasses, 

 ,)laced in some slight 

 nollow of the ground, and 

 there the female lays six 

 or eight reddish-white 

 eggs, which are incubated 

 by both the parents. The 

 young, like those of the 

 Partridge, almost imme- 

 diately follow the parent, 

 who broods over them, 

 and gathers them beneath 

 her wings. They walk 

 and run with great rapid- 

 ity ; and roost on bushes 

 or the lower branches of 

 trees. 



