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PLATE 



XIX, 



.THE POMPADOUR PIGEON. 



SIZE, 



CROWN, 



CHEEKS, 



BACK, 



COVERTS 



PRIMARIES, 



TAIL, 



LEGS. 



PLACE, 



lefs than the Turtle-dove. 



hght bkie. 



and CHIN, pale yellow. 



BREAST, and BELLY, light green. 



of the WINGS, a fine pompadour colour. 



and SECONDARIES, black edged with yellow.. 



long, and of a light green.. 



red. 



Ceylon. 



The birds in the plates xviii. xix. xx. are never 

 leen on the groimd, but always perched on 

 high trees, generally the waringin * gro- 

 THEBRi A, on the berries of which they delight 

 to feed. They are good food, and often fhot 

 by the Europeans. The natives catch them 

 with bird-lime. In this manner, fays Mr. 

 LOTEN, who was Governor of Ceylon, I once- 

 found fome hundreds, if not morCi by break 

 of day, fticking to the boughs of the great 

 Waringin-tree, and fent a native fervaiit to 

 take them off. 



* All die Waringin-trees are a fpccies of Ficus, linn. 



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