78 CLASS AVES. 



Nutmeg Pigeon. Lath. Col. (Enea. Enl. 164. 

 Tern. 3, 4. Voy. de Freyc. 29, of which Col. Pa- 

 cifica is the male according to Tem. 



The Col. Oceanique. Less, and Gam. Voy. de Du- 

 perrey, 41, is nearly allied to this. 



Body, golden-green ; bill, greenish ; chest and belly, 

 beneath, bluish-grey ; quills and tail, bluish-green. 

 Female, head, chest, and belly, greyish-red ; quill and 

 tail, black. Molucca and South Sea Islands. Length, 

 seventeen inches. 



Spotted Ring Pigeon. Lath. H. Col. Arquatrioe. 

 . Vaill. Afr. t. 264. Tem. Pig. t. 5. 



Bluish-purple ; chest and beneath, black and purple 

 varied ; head, bluish-grey ; belly and wing, white 

 spotted ; feet, feathered. South Africa. Length, 

 fifteen inches. 



Col. Armillaris. Tem. 6. 



Blue-black ; face and necklace, white ; belly and vent, 

 white, with oval black spots ; tail, white, tipt. South 

 Sea Islands. Length, fifteen inches.* 



White Nutmeg Pigeon. Col. Littoralis. Son. 103. 

 Tem. 17. 



White ; tips of primaries and tail, black. The Co- 

 lumha Alba of Lath. Length, thirteen inches. Builds 

 in rocks on the sea shore. 



Bronze-winged Pigeon. Lath. C. Chalcoptera. 

 Tem. 8. 



Brownish-ash, red edged ; forehead and cheek, white ; 



* Temminck regards the White-faced Pigeon, Col. Melanoleuca, Lath, as 

 a variety. Greenish-black ; beneath, black spotted ; crown, ash, with a tri- 

 angular red spot behind the eye. 



