29*2 COLUMBIDiE. 



Inhabits New Holland. About ten inches in 

 length : the face, cheeks, throat, and breast are bluisli- 

 ash : the rest of the under parts vinaceous-white, 

 deeper on the flanks than on the belly : the vent and 

 under tail-coverts are pure white : the occiput, back, 

 rump, and all the wing-coverts are ashy brown, with 

 a transverse black band at the tip of each feather : on 

 the nape is a broad rufous-orange collar, but all the 

 feathers are tipped with black : the tail is broad at its 

 base, long and wedged : the lateral feathers are of a 

 purple-brown or vinaceous hue, and tipped with pure 

 white ; the two middle feathers are the colour of the 

 back, and are not tipped with white : the quills are 

 brown, with their inner webs deep red : the space 

 round the eyes is naked and reddish : the beak is 

 bluish-yellow, and the legs are yellow. 



Sp. 38. Co. rubricapilla. Steph. v. x\. p. 11. — Panay Isles. 

 Sp. 39. Co. Guinea. Stcph. v. xi. j). 10. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 40. Co, Madagascariensis. Steph. v. x'u p. 9. — Madagascar. 

 Sp. 41. Co. iEgyptiaca. Steph. v. \i. p. 8. — Egypt. 

 Sp. 42. Co. gymnophthalma. Steph. v. \\. p. 6. — India. 



Sp, 43. Coluniba magnifica. Lhi7i. Trann. {Temm.') v. xiii.p, 125. 

 Temm. PI. Col. 163. 



Co. supra IcEte mireo-viridis ; tectricibus alariimjlavo maculalis; 

 capite, malis nuchaque cincteis ; remigibus secundariis reclri- 

 cihusque atro-viridibiis; gulu, collo anticl-, j)ectoreqne siiprcino 

 piirpureo-violasceni'ibus; j^cdore injimo ventrcque sniaragdino- 

 vir'idibus ; abdomine, Jemoribus, tectricihusque caudce iiiferio' 

 ribus ochraceis. 



Pigeon al)ove fine golden-green; with the wing- coverts spotted 

 with yellow ; the head, cheeks, and nape ash -coloured ; the 

 secondary quills and tail-feathers deep changeable green ; the 

 throat, neck anteriorly, and upper breast violet-purple ; lower 



