34 PIGEON. 



31 — VrOLET-NAPED PIGEON. 



Columba violacea, Colombe a nuque violette, Temm. Pig. fol. pi. 29. Id. 8vo. i. p. 260. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill reddish ; eye in a naked red skin ; 

 general colour of the upper parts of the body, wings, and tail, 

 purplish rufous; forehead and beneath white, with a rufous tinge on 

 the fore part of the neck and breast ; nape and neck behind inclining 

 to violet, and glossy; the wings reach to about the middle of the 

 tail, which is a trifle cuneiform ; legs red. 



Supposed to inhabit New-Holland. 



32.— VLOUVLOU PIGEON. 



Columba holosericea, Colombe Vlouvlou, Temm. Pig. fol. pi. 32. Id. 8vo. i. p. 269. 



LENGTH ten inches and a half. Bill black ; general colour of 

 the plumage glossy green ; chin white; at the bottom of the breast 

 a black, transverse, narrow black band, within this one of white; from 

 thence to the middle of the belly, the vent, and under tail coverts 

 fine yellow; on the wings two bands of light grey; thigh feathers 

 dusky white, covering the shins halfway ; legs grey ; the great quills 

 are singularly shaped, being bent outwardly like a sabre at the ends, 

 for one-fourth of the length. 



Inhabits the Sandwich Isles. 



33.— BELTED PIGEON. 



Columba cincta, Colombe a ceinturon noir, Temm. Pig. fol. pi. 23. Id. 8vo. i. p. 243. 



LENGTH thirteen inches. Bill yellowish white ; head white ; 

 neck and breast yellowish ; across the breast a broad band of velvety 



