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COLUMBIDiE. 



Vinago witli the head, throat, rump, belly, and sides green, spotted 

 with ashy-green; the nape, back, and U'ings, fine green; the four 

 middle tail-feathers yellow-green ; the breast with an orange- 

 yellow patch ; the wings with a longitudinal yellow line. 



Columba Capellei. Temni. PI. Col. 143. 



Inhabits Java. Length thirteen inches : the male 

 has the forehead ash-colour : the head, throat, rump, 

 belly, and sides clear-green, sprinkled with ashy-grey : 

 the nape, the back, and the wings are beautiful deep 

 green : the four middle tail-feathers are bright yellow- 

 green : the breast is covered by a large patch of orange- 

 yellow : the greater wing-feathers are fine black ; 

 the secondaries have the outer edge bright yellow ; 

 formino; a longitudinal band when the wing is closed: 

 the lateral tail-feathers are ash-coloured at the base, 

 then fine black, and tipped with clear grey ; beneath 

 entirely black, with the tips whitish : the under coverts 

 are deep marron : the beak is bluish-green : the legs 

 red. The female differs from the male in having the 

 colours more varied with ash : the thoracic patch 

 being greenish : the black and the cinereous on the 

 tail being shaded with greenish : the abdomen spotted 

 with whitish, and all their under coverts being red- 

 dish-white, spotted with green. 



GENUS CCLXXX 



Rostrum gracile. 



Al(e mediocres, remigum 

 prima apicem versus con- 

 tracta, tertia quartaque 

 longissimis. 



Tarsi plumosi. 



PTILINOPUS, Swainson. 



Beak slender. 



IVhjg-s moderate, with the 

 first quill contracted to- 

 wards the tip, the third 

 and fourth longest. 



Tarsi plumose. 



