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Columba auftralis, Lin. Mantijf. 1771. p. 526. 35, 



Le Pigeon ramier verd de Madagafcar, Brif. orti. i. p. 442. S* 37. pi. 141 Var. A, 



f. 2. — Buf. oif. ii. p. 540. — Pi. enl. 1 11. 



§ I Z E of the lafi: : length near twelve inches. The bill a(h- Descmftioh. 



colour, with a reddifh cere : the head, neck, breaft, belly, 

 and fides, are olive green : the back, rump, upper wing, 

 and tail coverts, the fame, but deeper : near the bend of the wing 

 is a fmall reddifh fpot : the quills blackilh above, and afh-co- 

 loured beneath ; the outer edges brimftone-colour : the greater 

 wing coverts are tipped with the fame: the lower part of the 

 belly, and thighs, of the fame green as the body, mixed with 

 yellow and blackifh : the under tail coverts mixed rufous and 

 whitifh : the tail afh-coloured ; the two middle feathers are of a 

 deeper colour at the bafe : the legs are red j the claws afh- 

 coloured. 



This, likewife, is a native of Madagafcar, and is called there Place. 



by the name of Founinge-maitfou j is probably a mere variety of 

 the laft, or different in fex. 



Le Pigeon Hollandais, Son. Voy. Ind. vol. ii. p. 175. pi. 101. ,g 



HACKLED P. 

 HTHIS is much bigger than our Ring Pigeon. The bill Description, 



and irides crimfon : the feathers of the head, neck, and 



breaft, are long, narrow, and pointed, and of a fingular con- 



ftruftion, appearing as a polifhed furface, in the fame manner as 



the appendices of the wing feathers of the Bohemian Chatterer* 



Vol. II. 4 N or 



