COLUMBID^. 279 



Sp. 4. Pt? maculatus. 



Columba maculata. StepL v. xi. p. 46. — India ? 

 Sp. 5. Pt? viridis. 



Columba viridis. Steph. v. xi. p. 65. — Amboyna. 

 Sp. 6, Pt .'' superbus. 



Columba superba, Steph. v. xi. p. 64. — Society Islands. 

 Sp. 7. Pt. melanocephalus. 



Columba melanocephala. Steph. v. xi. p. 55. — Java. 



GENUS CCLXXXI.— COLUMBA Auctorum. PIGEON. 



Generic character: vide Steph. v. xi, p. J. 



A. Orbitce et tarsi plum osi. 

 A. Orbits and tarsi plumose. 



Sp. 1. Co. dilopha. Linn. Trans. (Temm.) v. xiii. p. 124. — 



Temm. PI. 1 62. 

 Co. capite bicristato, cj'istd anteriore cinerea, occipitali rufd, 



corpore cinereo-griseo, alls dorsoqiie satiiratioribus, remigibtis 



rectricibiisque atris. 

 Pigeon with the head double crested, the anterior crest cinereous^ 



the occipital rufous 5 the body ashy-grey ; the wings and back 



deepest ; the quills and tail-feathers deep black. 



Inhabits New Holland. Length fifteen inches: 

 distinguished by a double crest : the first is on the 

 forehead in form of a sickle ; it arises at the base 

 of the beak, and is composed of compressed feathers 

 of an ashy-grey colour : the second arises on the 

 occiput ; it is tufted, composed of delicate feathersj 

 which are narrow at their base, but become broad at 

 the tip : the feathers of the side and of the breast 

 are doubly notched at their tips : nearly all the 

 plumage is of an ashy-grey, deepest on the wings 

 and back : the occipital crest is of a deep red, with 

 the base of all the feathers black : the quills and tail- 



