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fay yellow:, the bill in this is dufky : irides yellow: the vent 

 almoft orange : and the legs of a deep red. 



Among the others, I obferve fome which have not the lead 

 veftige of red on the crown j but whether thefe are of a different 

 fex, young birds, or owing to difference of place, I am not able 

 to determine. 



This fpecies is called by the natives of 'Tonga Taboo, Kurukuru; 

 by thofe of Ot&heite, Oopa, or Oopara. It lives on the Banana, 

 and is eafily tamed. 



The beautiful green Turtle Dove, mentioned by Bougainville *, 

 is perhaps the fame with this. He alfo mentions Pigeons of a 

 green gold plumage f, neck and belly of a greyifh white, and 

 having a little creft on their heads ; whether of the above, or 

 any other fpecies, Cannot be determined by lb fhort a defcription j 

 perhaps the next defcribed. 



647 



Pooni Jamboo, Mar/d. Sumatr. p. 84. 



TP H I S is fmaller than the ufual fize of Doves. Bill yellow : 

 fore part of the head of a deep pink % : back, wings, and 

 tail, green : bread and crop white j but the front of the latter 

 has a light fhade of pink ; the white of the breaft is continued 

 in a narrow ftreak, having green on one fide and pink on the 

 other, half round the eye, which is large and yellow. 



* Voy. p. 247. t p- 3 2 9« 



X This is likened to the colour of the bloffim of the Jamboo, the fruit of which 

 is like a Pear in fhape : there are two kinds of it ||, both of which are faid to be 

 delicious eating. 



\ EugehU fitataccenjit, & J mhos. Lin, 



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1 6. 

 JAMBOO P. 



Description. 



Inhabits 



