COLUMBA SMITHII, nobis. 

 Sir J- E. Smith's Pigeon. 



PLATE CIV. 



C. supra brunnea-virescens ; subtus purpurascente-brunnea, hypochondriis albis fere 

 fascia abdominali faciens ; inferiore abdominis crissoque ochraceis, basi pluma- 

 rum crissi brunneis ; giila alba apicibus plumarum ambientium apicibus griseis ; 

 genis macula brunnescente. Pectore medio plumis griseis apicibus nigris, ma- 

 cula irregulari faciens ; oculis area nuda coccinea circumdata, area cincta plumis 

 albis, apicibus nigris. Alis, secundariis ulterioribus dimidia basali violacea vires- 

 centibus, tectricibus minoribus etiam maculis violaceis pogonio externo ; tarsis pe- 

 dibusque coccineis. 



JLn the note to the preceding description, we mention the reason for de- 

 dicating this new species to Sir J. E. Smith, late President of the Linnean 

 Society. 



Only two specimens were sent by Mr Macleay, the one in length about 

 eleven inches and a half, the other ten and a quarter ; and the representa- 

 tion on our plate is of a size intermediate between the two. The bill 

 is stronger than usual, in proportion to the size : the eyes are surrounded 

 with a wide naked space, which appears to have been of a deep crimson- 

 red : the upper parts of the plumage are of a deep olive-brown, with 

 green reflections : the throat is white, having the last white feathers tipped 

 with grey, which forms a surrounding margin of that colour ; on the cheeks 

 a large spot of brownish-grey, formed chiefly by the auricular feathers, and 

 nearly insulated, by the bare space of the eyes being surrounded with a 

 narrow band of white, the feathers of which are tipped with black : the 

 breast and belly are similar to the upper parts, but of a paler tinge, and have 

 on the latter a rich purple shade ; on the centre of the breast there is an 

 irregular mark of clear grey, each feather having the tip black ; the sides 

 are pure white, that colour nearly meeting on the centre of the belly, in the 



