ORDER GALLING. 83 



tipt. Islands of Pacific Ocean. Length, nine and 

 a half inches. 



Whiskered Pigeon. C. Mystacea. Tern. 46. 



Throat and spot under the eyes, white ; front of neck 

 and nape, green and shining violet ; chest and 

 belly, vinaceous ; back, and wing-coverts, brown; 

 quills, rufous. South America. 



Temminck's Pigeon. C. Superba. Tem. 33. 



Green ; head, purplish ; nape, reddish ; neck, ash ; 

 spurious wings, girth with blue ; wing-coverts, with 

 bluish-black spots ; belly and vent, white. Pacific 

 Islands. Length nine and a half inches. 



Tambourin Pigeon. C. Tympanistria. Vaill. 272. 

 Tem. 36. 



Forehead, eyebrows, and lower parts, white ; neck, ^ ,. 

 back, and wings, olive-brown ; quill, red ; tail, 4 "^ * ^, 

 brown ; side-feather, with a black terminal band. 

 South Africa. Length, nine and a half inches. 



Assure Pigeon. C. Ccerulea. Tem. 37- % jrl^ 



Blue; throat, cheeks, and belly, white; chest, vina- 

 ceous-brown ; tip of bill, whitish. India. Length, < 

 nine inches. *»^«»^ 



African Turtle. Lath. C. Afra. Enl. 160. Vaill. 

 271. Tem. 38, 39. 



Grey brown ; beneath, whitish ; wing-spot, violet- 

 azure ; base, and spot at end of outermost tail-feather, ' 

 white ; wing, sometimes spotted with shining green. 

 Africa. ^ 



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