80 CLASS AVES. 



with triangular white spots ; tail, black tipt ; chest 

 feather, two-forked. South Africa. Length, twelve 

 inches. 



Madagascar Pigeon. Lath. C. Madagascariensis. 

 Enl. 11. Vaill. Afr. 266. Tern. I7. 



Blue; tail, scarlet; feet, feathered. Madagascar. 

 Africa. Length, eleven and a-half inches. 



Naked-cheeked Pigeon. C. Gymnophthalmos. Lath. 

 Tem. 18. 



Head and neck, chest and belly, pale vinaceous ; neck 

 feather, scale-like ; back and wing, brown ; rump and 

 tail, ash. India. Length, thirteen inches. 



Hackled Pigeon. Lath. C. Francice. Lath. Son. 

 101. Tem. 19. 



Blue ; base of bill and orbit, scarlet ; rump and tail, 

 red ; feather of neck, slender ; apex, long, pointed. 

 South Africa. Madagascar. Length, thirteen 

 inches. 



Red-crowned Pigeon. Lath. C. Rubri-capilla. 

 Lath. Son. 57. Tem. 20. 



Violet-black ; crown and orbit, naked red ; upper 

 part of back and chest, greyish ; feet, feathered. 

 Islands of Indian Ocean. Length, ten inches. 



Elegant Pigeon. Lath. H. C. Elegans. Tem. 22. 



Brown ; nape, whitish-ash ; chest, belly and abdomen, 

 ash, with a reddish-brown chest spot ; tail, ash, with a 

 black cross-band. Van Dieman's Land. Length, 

 eleven inches. 



Black-banded Pigeon. C. Cincta. Tem. 23. 



Head, neck, and chest, yellowish white ; chest-band, 



