THE CRESTED PIGEON 



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The Crested Pigeon. 



Ocyphaps lophotes. 



Australia in general. 



Head, face, throat, breast and abdomen grey; lengthened crest plumes 

 black, with the base grey; back and rump olive grey; upper tail-coverts 

 greyish-brown tipped with white, sides of neck and breast salmon-colour; 



From life. Melbourne Zoo. 



White-bellied Plumed Pigeon: Lophophaps leucofjaster. 



feathers of wing-coverts crossed with narrow black band, greater wing- 

 coverts bronze-green, margined with white, secondaries margined with 

 white, the inner ones metallic purple on outer webs; tail blackish^browu. 

 Iris orange, a ring of red naked skin around the eye. Easily tamed. 

 Total length 12.5 inches, wing 6.8, tail 6, bill 0.55, tarsus 0,9. For figure 

 see p. 29. 



Nest a flat structure of twigs, usually placed in a bush. 

 The two eggs are pure white, and measure 1.31 x .92 inch. 



