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noise, not unlike the friction of a pulley, when a great weight is to be 

 drawn up. At this time, which is only in the morning and evening, 

 the Hawk, being concealed in the tree, darts on its prey, which rarely 

 escapes. This species chiefly feeds on a kind of wild olive, hence 

 called Olieu Duyf (Olive Dove), so that where this fruit is found the 

 Pigeon is of course met with. 



5. —DOUBLE-RINGED PIGEON. 



Columba bitorquata, Colombe a double Collier, Tenim. Pig.fol. pi. 40. Id. 8vo. i. 

 p. 301. Lin. Trans, xiii. 183. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill ten lines, dusky, with a pale 

 point; top of the head cinereous grey; neck, breast, and belly, 

 vinaceous ; on the neck a double collar, the upper white, bounded 

 below by a black one ; back and scapulars pale earthy brown ; wing 

 coverts cinereous grey ; quills blackish ; tail four inches long, even, 

 the three lateral feathers of it black for three-fourths of the length, 

 from thence white on the outer web ; the intermediate ones the same 

 as the back; lower part of the belly white; legs red; the wings 

 pretty long, and reach about halfway on the tail. 



Inhabits India, also Java, and there called Puter-genni. 



A.— Pigeon cuivre Mangeur de Muscade, Son. Voy. 168. pi. 102. Gen. Syn. iv. 637. 

 30. Var. A. 



This seems to be very like the last described, and of the same 

 size; the head blue grey. Bill grey; irides and legs pale carmine; 

 upper parts of the body green, glossed with gold and copper; neck, 

 breast, and belly, reddish grey ; under tail coverts yellowish white ; 

 quills and tail black. 



Inhabits New Guinea. One similar to this was in the collection 

 of Sir Joseph Banks, which came from New Zealand. 



