30 PIGEON. 



24.— PEREGRINE PIGEON. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill red ; plumage above pale brown ; 

 wing coverts marked with white; the belly and under parts white; 

 second quills buff-colour ; primaries black ; tail cuneiform, the two 

 middle feathers dusky ; the others black, with the end half white; 

 the legs red. 



Inhabits New South AVales. — General Davies. 



25— PALE PIGEON. 



Coluroba pallida, Ind. Orn. Sup. p. lx. 

 Pale Pigeon, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 270. 



BILL and legs brown ; plumage in general greenish white; the 

 head and neck inclining to ash-colour; outer edge of the wing, and 

 quills dusky ; the greater plain, the others marked regularly with 

 black on each side of the shaft; the two middle tail feathers dusky ; 

 the others very pale, or whitish.— Inhabits New-Holland. 



26— NORFOLK PIGEON. 



Columba Norfolcienis, Ind. Orn. Slip. p. lx. 

 Norfolk Pigeon, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. Add. p. 374. 



LENGTH fourteen inches. Bill black : head and neck to the 

 breast white; from the last to the vent black ; quills black; back 

 and wings deep purple, with a few darker markings; tail dull 

 purple, inner webs of the feathers dusky ; legs red. 



One, supposed to be the female, had the head, neck, and breast, 

 ferruginous ; back and wings green ; quills dusky ; belly, thighs, 

 rump, and vent, brownish purple ; the two middle tail feathers 

 ferruginous, the rest pale brownish purple. 



A third had the head, neck, and under parts, white; tail greenish, 

 glossed with copper. — Inhabits Norfolk Island. 



