284 rOLUMBlD.E. 



to the Portuguese syllables hum-so-fico : its flesh is 

 very bitter. 



Sp. 1.5. Columba leucomela. Linn. Trans. (Tnnm.) v. xiii. 

 p. I2f).— Temm. PL Col. 186. 



Co. capite, collo pectoreqne albis, medio dorsi uropygioque nitide- 

 purpureis, ventre corporeque injra sordide albis, hypochondriis 

 femorihusqiie cinerascentibus, scapulis atris marginibus pur- 

 pureis, 7miigibus caudaque atro-^uscis , rostro pedibusque Jlavis. 



Pigeon with the head, neck, and breast, pure white ; the middle, 

 the back, and rump glossj-purple ; the belly and body beneath 

 dull white; the flank and thighs ashy; the scapulars deep 

 black, with purple edges; the quills and tail deep brown; the 

 beak and legs yellow. 



Inhabits New Holland. Size and form of Co. 

 Palumbus : the head, neck, and breast are pure 

 white ; with a slight gloss on the sides of the neck : 

 the belly and under parts are dull-white ; shaded 

 into ashy on the flanks and thighs : the middle of 

 the back and the rump are of a rich deep glossy 

 purple : the scapulary feathers are deep black, edged 

 by a rich deep glossy purple margin : several of the 

 wing-coverts have also a narrow metallic border ; the 

 rest of the wings, the quills, and the tail are of a deep 

 black-brown : the beak and legs are clear yellow : 

 the tail-feathers are even. 



Sp. 16. Co. Jamboo. Steph. v. \i. p. 49. — Sumatra. 



Sp. 17. Columba scripta. Temm. PI. Col. 187. — Linn. Trans. 

 (Temm.) v. xiii. p. 127. 



Co. supra cinereo-fuscus, tectricibus alarum maculis opalino-viri- 

 dibus sparsis, guld albd nigra circumdata, pectore ventreque 

 medio cinereo-cyaneis, hypochondriis abdomineque albidis, rec- 

 tricibus later alibus basi cinereO'Jiiscis, apice atris. 



