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PIGEON, 



Pj,acb 



" yellow feathers : the legs and feet are of an elegant faffron- 

 u colour : but the claws dufky." 

 Inhabits the ifland of St. Thomas. 



2 J. 



HOOK-BILLED 



P. 



Pl.LIX. 



Description. 



Female. 



Place. 



Lev. Muf. 



T ENGTH feven inches and a half. The bill is fharply ca- 

 rinated on the top, and much incurvated at the end ; the 

 bafe of it red, and the reft yellow : the general colour of the 

 bird green ; yellowifh beneath : on the wings are two yellow 

 bars j fome of the wing coverts and fecondaries in this di- 

 rection having yellow ends : the back and fhoulders fine reddifh 

 chefnut : the outer part of the thighs afh-colour : the under tail 

 coverts ferruginous ; but the vent itfelf is white : the tail is 

 rounded ; the two middle feathers green j the others dark afh- 

 colour, with a bar of black ^»out three quarters of an inch 

 from the end. 



Another along with this, fuppofed to be the female, differed in 

 having the back and fhoulders green ; and the under tail coverts 

 white, as well as the vent. 



Thefe birds were met with in the ifland of Tanna, in the South 

 Seas. 



One fimilar to the above is among the drawings of Sir J. 

 Banks ; it was near eleven inches long : the bill not fo hooked : 

 the lefler wing coverts fpotted with white : the ends of the fe- 

 condary quills yellow on the outer web : the end of the tail very 

 pale : legs red. 



LENGTH 



