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PLATE XVIII. 



THE PURPLE PIGEON, 



GENUS COLUMBA, LIN. SYST. 279. PIGEON, PEN. GEN. BIRDS 39* 



SIZE, 



FRONT, 



HEAD, 



BREAST, 



BACK, 



PRIMARIES, 



TAIL, 



VENT, 



PLACE, 



of the Englilli Wood-pigeon. 



fine pale green. 



and NECK, a beautiful ligïit purple. . 



orange. 



SCAPULARS, and belly, light green, 



dufl^y. 



blueifh and dufky. 



fcarlet. 



Java, where it is called jooan, from joo, 

 GREEN, in the Javan and Malayan language. 

 My worthy Patron john gideon loten, Efq. 

 fays, that he has known more than eighteen 

 or twenty fpecies of Wood-pigeons on the 

 liles of Java, Celebes, and Ceylon; fome as 

 big as a fmall Hen, of a beautiful white, >vith 

 black on the wings and tail; fome, blueifli 

 green; fome, intirely of a dark beautiful red, 

 between fcarlet and cinnamon ; fome alfo, like 

 our European Turtle-doves. 



