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Pigeon above ashy-brown, with the wing-coverts sprinkled with 

 opaline-green spots ; the throat white edged with black ; the 

 breast and middle of the belly ashy-blue ; the flanks and abdo- 

 men whitish; the lateral tail-feathers brown at the base, deep 

 black at the tip. 



Inhabits New Holland. Length nine inches and 

 a half: the adult bird has the head, the nape, the 

 neck, and upper parts of the body and the wings, as 

 well as the two middle tail-feathers, of an ashy-brown : 

 several spots of opaline-green, varying into purple 

 and violet, according to the light, are sprinkled over 

 the wing-coverts : the throat is white, succeeded by a 

 black band : the cheeks have two white spots, which 

 are also edged with black : the breast and the middle 

 of the belly are ashy-blue : the flanks, the abdomen, 

 and the under part of the wings are white : the tail 

 is short, and its feathers are of equal length; the 

 two middle feathers are similar in colour to the 

 back, but the others are of an ashy-brown at the 

 base for half their length, and the rest deep-black : 

 the quills are ashy-brown : the beak is black, and 

 the legs brown. The female and young have the 

 opaline spots smaller and less brilliant. 



Sp, 18. Columba Dusumieri. Temm. PL Col. 185. 



Co, supra cinereo-griseo-fuscus, capite, nucha, collo antice pec- 

 toreque vinaceis ; hypochondriis, ventre, crisso, tectricibusque 

 caudcB inferioribus albidis ; collo pennis nigricante-cinereis 

 apicibus metallico-viridibus ornato; rectrice exteriore pogonio 

 interno nigricante, externa albo. 



Pigeon above ashy-grey-brown, with^the head, nape, neck an- 

 teriorly, and breast vinaceous ; the flanks, belly, vent, and 

 under tail-coverts, whitish ; the neck ornamented with dusky- 

 ash feathers, with metallic-green tips; the outer tail-feather 

 with its inner web dusky, the exterior white. 



