﻿PIGEON. 631 



Le Pigeon verd d'Amboine, Brif. orn. i. p. 145. N° $g. pi. 10. f. 2.— 21. 



2? a /. «/. ii. p. 528.— /»/. «*/. 163. AROMATIC P. 



O I Z E of a Turtle : length ten inches and a half. Bill greenifh: Descriptios. 



the upper part of the head is light grey before, deeper be- 

 hind: the fides, throat, neck, breaft, belly, rump, upper tail 

 coverts, and tail, are olive green, inclining to yellow on the 

 neck and breaft : the under part of the tail is black at the bafe, 

 and dirty white at the end j the under tail coverts dirty yellowifh 

 white : back, and wing coverts, fine chefnut ; the tips of fome 

 of them yellowilh, forming a band on the wing ; and below 

 thefe black, edged with yellow: bend of the wing blackifh : 

 quills black, edged with yellow, narroweft on the prime ones : 

 legs and claws grey *. 



Inhabits Amboina. Place; 



Le Pigeon verd de l'Ifle de St. Thomas, Brif. orn. i. p. 14.7. N° 40. — 22 ' 



„..,.. Q J k *i •*. ST. THOMAS'S 



Buf. 01/. 11. p. 528. p 



A Wild Pigeon from St. Thomas his ifland, Will. orn. p. 183. — Rati Syn- 



p. 62. N° 7. 



" 'jp H I S," fays Willughby, " is of the bignefs and figure Description. 



" of our country Pigeon, but its upper bill hooked, the 



" foremoft half being of a blue colour, mixed with a little white 



" and yellow, the hindmoft of a fanguine : the eyes are black, 



e< with a circle of blue : the whole body is covered with green 



" feathers, like a Parrot : the prime feathers of the wings are 



" dufkifh, as is alfo the end of the tail : under the vent it hath 



• Red in Pi. ml. 

 10 " yellow 



