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band : all the lower parts of the neck from the nape, 

 the back, and the wings, are green, with blue and 

 metallic reflections : the wing-feathers are metallic- 

 blue in adults, and dusky-blue in the young : the 

 sides of the neck are ashy, with changeable re- 

 flections : the breast, belly, thighs, vent, and under 

 tail-coverts are clear ash : the beak is white, and the 

 legs red. 



Sp. 21. Columba luctuosa. Temm. PI. Col. 247. 



Co, albida, remigibiis jjrimoribus cinereis, nigro marginatis ; rec- 



trice exterior e utr'inque subtiis alba; pennis Jemoralibus apicibus 



7iigris. 

 Whitish Pigeon, with the primary quills cinereous, edged with 



black J the outer tail-feather on each side white beneath j the 



femoral feathers with black tips. 



Inhabits Java, Length fifteen inches : the beak 

 is white : the colour of the plumage greatly re- 

 sembles that of C. littoralis, but the greater quills 

 are ash-coloured, edged with black : the outer tail- 

 feather on each side, beneath, is white to the tip : 

 the medial line in the abdominal region, and the 

 feathers of the thighs, are all tipped with black. 



Sp. 22. Columba hyogastra. Temm. PI. Col. 252. 



Co. vertice, tnalis mentoque cinereo-grise'is j occipUe, coilo, dorso, 

 pectore, hypochondriisque Icete atrO'Viridibus ; alls cauddque 

 saturatioribus, tectricibus alarum majoribus apicibus aliquot 

 cinereis; rectricibus lateralibus ad apicem pogonii interni ma- 

 culd cinereo-viridis ornatis; ventre medio purpurea; crisso tec- 

 tricibus caudce inferioribusfiams. 



Pigeon with the crown, cheeks, and chin ashy-grey ; the occiput, 

 neck, back, breast, and flanks, fine deep green; the wings 

 darker green; the greater wing-coverts^ with some of the tips. 



